Proto-Germanic: *xainō
Meaning: whetstone
Old Norse: hein f. `Wetzstein'
Norwegian: hein
Swedish: hen
Danish: hen
Old English: hān, -e f. `projecting stone, that forms a part of a boundary'
English: hone
Dutch: heen n., dial. heent `stijve zegge, Carex stricta'
Middle Low German: heenk, hän(ke), hennie, hän(e), hān `Carex stricta'
Middle High German: { hār `Werkzeug zum Schärfen der Sense' }
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