hwetstan
Old English
noun
Definitions
- sharpening stone, whetstone
Etymology
Inherited from *hwattjastain (whetstone) compound from Old English hwettan (sharpen, whet, incite, encourage) + Old English stān (stone).
Origin
Old English
stān
Gloss
stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Stanford English
- Stanley English
- Winston English
- stanmarch English
- *stainaz Proto-Germanic
- Dunstan Old English
- Wulfstan Old English
- beacenstan Old English
- clifstan Old English
- eorcnanstan Old English
- gimstan Old English
- hwetstān Old English
- hwettan Old English
- marmstan Old English
- stanfah Old English
- stanig Old English
- staniht Old English
- stanrocc Old English
- stænen Old English
- stān Old English
- stan Middle English
- stane Middle English
- stone Middle English
- whetten Middle English
- wezzistein Old High German
- *hwattjan gmw-pro
- *hwattjastain gmw-pro
- *stain gmw-pro