Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwattjan

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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 Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną.

Verb

*hwattjan

to sharpen, to whet

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive	*hwattjan
1st sg. past	*hwattā
Infinitive	*hwattjan
Genitive infin.	*hwattjannjas
Dative infin.	*hwattjannjē
Instrum. infin.	*hwattjannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hwattju	*hwattā
2nd singular	*hwatisi	hwattēs, hwattōs
3rd singular	*hwatiþi	hwattē, hwattā
1st plural	*hwattjum	*hwattum
2nd plural	*hwatiþ	*hwattud
3rd plural	*hwattjanþ	*hwattun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hwattjē	*hwattī
2nd singular	*hwattjēs	*hwattī
3rd singular	*hwattjē	*hwattī
1st plural	*hwattjēm	*hwattīm
2nd plural	*hwattjēþ	*hwattīd
3rd plural	*hwattjēn	*hwattīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hwati
Plural	*hwatiþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hwattjandī	*hwatt

Derived terms

*hwattjastain

Descendants

Old English: hwettan
- Middle English: whetten
  - Scots: whet; whetten
  - English: whet
Old Frisian: *hwetta; *hwettia
- Saterland Frisian: wätje
- West Frisian: hwetsje, hotsje
Old Saxon: *hwettian
- Middle Low German: wetten
  - German Low German: wetten
Old Dutch: *wetten
- Middle Dutch: wetten
  - Dutch: wetten
Old High German: hwezzen, wezzen
- Old High German: wetzen
  - Cimbrian: bétzan
  - German: wetzen