wheston
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- hweston, questane, quetstone, wetston, whatstane, whestone, whetesston, whetestone, whetstan, whetstane, whetston, whetstoon, whettstone
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English hwetstān, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain. Equivalent to whetten + ston.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
wheston (plural whestones)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “whet-stōn, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-05.