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

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