Wätsteen

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Saterland Frisian

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n Wätsteen.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Wätsteen m (plural Wätstene)

  1. whetstone

References

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