Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwattjastain

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From *hwattjan +‎ *stain.

Noun

*hwattjastain m

1. whetstone

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hwattjastain
Genitive	*hwattjastainas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hwattjastain	*hwattjastainō, *hwattjastainōs
Accusative	*hwattjastain	*hwattjastainā
Genitive	*hwattjastainas	*hwattjastainō
Dative	*hwattjastainē	*hwattjastainum
Instrumental	*hwattjastainu	*hwattjastainum

Descendants

• Old English: huetistān, hwetestān, hwetstān
  • Middle English: whetstan, whetston, whestone
    • English: whetstone
    • Scots: whatstane
• Old Frisian: *hwetstēn
  • Saterland Frisian: Wätsteen
  • West Frisian: wetstien
• Old Saxon: *hwettistēn
  • Middle Low German: wettestên, wetstên
    • German Low German: Wettsteen
    • Plautdietsch: Watsteen
• Old Dutch: *wettistēn
  • Middle Dutch: wetsteen
    • Dutch: wetsteen
• Old High German: wezzistein
  • Middle High German: wetzestein, wetzstein
    • German: Wetzstein