wetzen
German (Berlin)
/ˈvɛt͡sən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to whet, to sharpen
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German wezzen 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
- Stein German
- Wetzstein German
- *kʷēd- Proto-Indo-European
- *hwatjaną Proto-Germanic
- kvetje Norwegian Nynorsk
- hwetstan Old English
- hwettan Old English
- whetten Middle English
- hvetja Old Norse
- hwezzen Old High German
- wezzen Old High German
- wetzen Middle High German
- wetzstein Middle High German
- *hwattjan gmw-pro
- *wetten Old Dutch
- bétzan Cimbrian