Wätsteen

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Saterland Frisian

n Wätsteen.

Etymology

From Old Frisian *hwetstēn, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjastain, equivalent to wät- (to whet) +‎ Steen (stone). Cognates include West Frisian wetstien, German Wetzstein.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛtsteːn/
  • Hyphenation: Wät‧steen

Noun

Wätsteen m (plural Wätstene)

  1. whetstone

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Wätsteen”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN