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Proto-Germanic: *xwata-, *xwatō, *xwatōn- vb.; *xwētan- vb., *xwatjan-, *xwētVn- vb.; *xwassa-, *xwōta-n, -ō, *xwōtia-
Meaning: sharp, sharpen
IE etymology: IE etymology
Gothic: *ga-hʷatjan wk. `entice, mislead'; hʷassaba adv. `sgarply'; *hʷōta f. `threat', *hʷōtjan, *ga-hʷōtjan wk. `threaten'
Old Norse: hvat-r `rasch, feurig', hvɔt f. `Aufreizung', hvata wk. `anreizen, sich eilen'; hvāta vb. `stossen, stechen', ONorw hvāta, hōta; hvetja wk. `anreizen, wetzen'; hvass `scharf'; hōt n. `Drohung'
Norwegian: kvat adj.; kvot `Schärfung'; kvetja vb.; kvass; hot
Old Swedish: hȫta `Löcher für Zaunpfähle in den Boden treiben'; Run. 3 pl.`prs. conj. hwatin ?
Swedish: höta vb.; dial. hvättja vb.; dial. vater; vass; hot
Danish: dial. hväde vb.
Old English: hwät `scharf, schnell, mutig', hwettan `anreizen, wetzen'; hwäs(s) `scharf'; for-hwātan
English: whet
East Frisian: WFris hotsje `scherpen'
Old Saxon: hwat- `schnell, mutig'; hwass `scharf'; for-hwātan `verfluchen'; hōti `feindlich'
Middle Dutch: wetten; wate n., f.? `snede van een wapen'
Dutch: wetten; dial. waat `snede van een wapen'
Middle Low German: wetten `wetzen'
Old High German: (h)waʒ `scharf, heftig' (8.Jh.); (h)wezzen `schärfen, schleifen' (8.Jh.); (h)was `scharf'; (h)wāʒan `jmdn. angehen, verstossen, (Vögel) vertreiben, (ver)scheuchen' (9.Jh.), (h)wazzan
Middle High German: was (-ss-), wasse, wɛsse; wahs, wɛhse 'schneidend, scharf'; wɛtzen wk. 'schärfen, schleifen, wetzen'
German: wetzen
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kʷēd-
Meaning: sharp
Germanic: *xwat-a- f., *xwat-ō f., *xwat-ō- vb.; *xwēt-a- vb., *xwat-ja- vb., *xwēt-[a]- vb.; *xwas-s-a- adj., *xwōt-a- n., -ō f., *xwōt-ia- adj.
Latin: tri-quetrus, -a `dreieckig'
Russ. meaning: острый
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 1084
Root: kʷē̆d-, kʷō̆d-
English meaning: to prick; to drill, sharpen
German meaning: etwa `stacheln (Stachel, Spitz), bohren, wetzen, schärfen; antreiben, anreizen'
General comments: (älter keu̯ed-?)
Material: Aisl. hvatr `schnell, mutig, scharf', hvǫt f. `Anreizung', hvata, -aða `antreiben, beschleunigen', ags. hwæt `schnell, mutig', as. hwat ds., ahd. (h)waz `scharf, heftig', got. gaƕatjan `antreiben, wetzen', aisl. hvetja `schärfen, anreizen', ags. hwettan ds., mnd. wetten `wetzen', ahd. (h)wezzen, mhd. wetzen `reizen, anfeuern, wetzen'; to-Partiz. got. ƕassaba Adv. `scharf, streng' (ƕassei `Heftigkeit, Strenge'), aisl. hvass `scharf, rasch', ags. hwæss `scharf', ahd. (h)was, mhd.was(ser) `scharf, spitzig, heftig, streng'; ablaut. aisl. hvāta `durchstoßen'; aschwed. hø̄ta `Löcher bohren'; mit einer übertragenen Bed. as. for-hwātan, ahd. far-hwāzan `verfluchen' und got. ƕōta f. `Drohung', ƕōtjan `drohen', aisl. hōt n. `Drohung', hōta `drohen';

    wahrscheinlich lat. tri-quetrus `dreieckig' (`dreispitzig'; wohl aus *tri-quedros); möglicherweise auch ai. cṓdati, cōdáyati `treibt an, drängt' (*keud-).

References: WP. I 513, II 554, Wissmann Postverbalia 64 f.
Pages: 636
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