18-1-2014 17:13
Nikolay_K
Originally posted by Последний:
Ухетстоун - (произошло от уотерстоун) водный камень,
нет.
whetstone от глагола to whet --- точить, править на оселке и т.п.
Origin of WHET
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Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to whet, waz sharp
First Known Use: before 12th century
whet (v.)
Old English hwettan, from Proto-Germanic *khwatjanan (cf. Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten, Old High German wezzan, German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from an adjective represented by Old English hwæt "brave, bold," Old Saxon hwat "sharp," from Proto-Germanic *khwataz, from PIE root *qwed- "sharp" (cf. Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sharpens"). Figurative sense was in Old English.
etymonline.com
merriam-webster.com
Originally posted by Последний:
Бенчстоун - полноразмерные камни.
где-то начиная от 4" и крупнее
всё, что более мелкое иногда называют pocketstone