bétzan
Cimbrian
verb
Definitions
- to sharpen
- (figurative) to trick, fool
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German wetzen inherited from Old High German hwezzen inherited from *hwattjan inherited from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (sharpen, incite, instigate).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hwatjaną
Gloss
sharpen, incite, instigate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- whet English
- whetstone English
- whetten English
- whetter English
- Wetzstein German
- wetzen German
- *kʷēd- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwatjaną Proto-Germanic
- kvetje Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwettan Old English
- whetten Middle English
- hvetja Old Norse
- hwezzen Old High German
- wezzen Old High German
- wetzen Middle High German
- *hwattjan gmw-pro
- *wetten Old Dutch