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