Old English hwettan

← German wetzen (cognate)

← Middle Dutch wetten (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan (inherited)

← Old High German wezzan (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (derived)

← Dutch wetten (cognate)

← Old Norse hvetja (cognate)

← Swedish vässa (cognate)

→ English whet (inherited)

→ Old English hwetstan (compound)

→ Middle English whetten (inherited)

→ Scots what (inherited)

→ Yola what (inherited)