hwettan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sharpen
- to incite, encourage
Etymology
Inherited from *hwattjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (sharpen, incite, instigate) derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷēd- (sharp).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kʷēd-
Gloss
sharp
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
鋭
Emoji
🪒
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whet English
- Wetzstein German
- wetzen German
- wetsteen Dutch, Flemish
- wetten Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷēd- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwatjaną Proto-Germanic
- pennvässare Swedish
- vässa Swedish
- kvetje Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwetstan Old English
- stān Old English
- whestone Middle English
- whetten Middle English
- whettynge Middle English
- hvetja Old Norse
- hvetja Icelandic
- wetten Middle Dutch
- hwezzen Old High German
- wezzen Old High German
- *hwattjan gmw-pro
- *hwattjastain gmw-pro
- *wetten Old Dutch
- hvætia Old Swedish
- gwätt Westrobothnian