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THE CHANGE ATLAS

WORD FAMILIES ↗

EVERY REVIEWED EDGE / TWO HISTORIES EACH

FORM → MEANING → EVIDENCE

HOW WORDS MOVE.
HOW MEANINGS MUTATE.

A global atlas of every reviewed transformation in the graph—from lost vowels and borrowed spellings to meanings narrowed, inverted, elevated, and remade.

THE CHANGE CONTRACT

EVERY TRANSFORMATION
IS A CLAIM.

Every edge names the linked forms, relationship, sound history, semantic history, scholar, confidence, chronology when known, and the sources that warrant it. Search the language of change without flattening it.

1025REVIEWED TRANSFORMATIONS

Canonical edges, each carrying form and meaning history.

1025SOUND HISTORIES

No reviewed edge is allowed to omit what changed in form.

1025SEMANTIC HISTORIES

No reviewed edge is allowed to omit what changed in meaning.

1669CLAIM CITATIONS

515 distinct sources support the edge ledger.

280SCHOLAR LABELS

Named analyses remain attached instead of becoming anonymous fact.

78RELATION TYPES

Borrowing, inheritance, derivation, uncertainty, and more stay distinct.

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SEARCH THE TRANSFORMATIONS

FOLLOW CHANGE ITSELF.

1025 MATCHING EDGES

The atlas searches the exact reviewed prose and authoritative edge labels. It does not manufacture universal “sound laws” or semantic categories by guessing from descriptions.

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SOUND HISTORY

1025 EVIDENCE-BACKED CHANGES

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EDGE1127probable
inheritanceVladimir Orel · Wilhelm Braune · Project Wulfila editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

The class-I -j- morphology visible in hatjandam supports the normalized infinitive hatjan and corresponds to the reconstructed *-jan- formation; Gothic h continues the Germanic fricative written x in Orel’s notation.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The surviving Gothic clause means hate. The pursuit sense of Middle High German hetzen is a daughter-branch development and is not projected back as the only Gothic meaning.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the fourth-century Gothic translation tradition and early-sixth-century manuscript.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Gothic lexeme and participial morphology are manuscript-attested; the Proto-Germanic parent and the exact relationship to class-III hatan are reconstructed and disputed.

EDGE1132probable
inheritanceR. D. Fulk · John T. Koch · Project Wulfila editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Proto-Germanic *hatiz- is represented by Gothic hatis word-finally and by the stem hatiz- before a vowel-initial ending, visible in hatiza. Gothic then regularizes the inherited i-stem into neuter a-stem inflection.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited anger or hostility noun becomes the Gothic translation choice for Greek wrath vocabulary. That contextual specialization does not prove the noun lacked hatred senses elsewhere.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the fourth-century Gothic translation tradition and surviving sixth-century manuscripts.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Gothic forms and paradigm alternation are attested; the Proto-Germanic parent and the direction of prehistoric remodeling are comparative analyses.

EDGE1137probable
derivationVladimir Orel · Merriam-Webster EditorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Orel groups the weak-verb reconstruction with the Germanic hate-noun base he represents as *xataz ~ *xatez; the graph crosswalks that base to its reviewed *hatiz- node.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

A noun family for hate or enmity supplies or associates with weak verbs whose daughter branches express hating, hostility, pursuit, and anger.

CHRONOLOGYRelated Proto-Germanic reconstructed formations rather than independently dated words.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe lexical family is secure, but the exact formation of class-III hatan and the direction of any specifically Gothic remodeling remain disputed.

EDGE1142probable
inheritanceGuus Kroonen · Daniel Ayora Estevan · Project Wulfila editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Gothic fijan continues the Germanic fi(j)- stem and class-III weak-verb formation. Written Gothic alternates j-bearing forms such as fijan and fijaiþ with j-less fiaiþ, fiais, fiandans, and fiands.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The reconstructed Germanic hate verb continues as a Gothic experience verb taking the hated stimulus as an accusative object; lexicalized enemy formations remain a separate branch.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the fourth-century Gothic translation tradition and surviving sixth-century manuscripts.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Gothic paradigm and branch comparison are strong; the exact Proto-Germanic vocalism and optional-j notation are reconstructed.

EDGE1145probable
orthographic variantAlbert Morey Sturtevant · Project Wulfila editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Written Gothic loses j in some fijan forms before a vowel; the historical lemma fian normalizes that j-less surface pattern.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

No lexical split is established: both shapes remain one hate verb.

CHRONOLOGYWithin the Gothic textual and scribal tradition.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe variant relation is secure; its exact phonological timing and orthographic interpretation remain historical analyses.

EDGE1146probable
inheritanceGuus Kroonen · Daniel Ayora EstevanPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Gothic fijands continues the Germanic nd-stem formation with regular branch-level adaptation and Gothic inflection.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized agent formation functions as the ordinary noun enemy while remaining formally close to a live participle.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Gothic textual tradition.

CONFIDENCE NOTECross-Germanic enemy nouns support inheritance; individual Gothic tokens can remain ambiguous with the participle.

EDGE1147probable
lexicalized participleDaniel Ayora Estevan · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

The present-participial nd-formation is built on the fi(j)- verb stem.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

One who hates lexicalizes as enemy before Gothic, while productive participial use survives beside the noun.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic derivation and lexicalization before the Gothic branch record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe derivation and pre-Gothic lexicalization are published; the exact moment and every token’s category remain unrecoverable.

EDGE1148probable
translation overlapProject Wulfila editors · Albert Morey SturtevantPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

No sound descent is claimed. The edge records two distinct Gothic class-III verbs used in overlapping translation constructions.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

Across Luke 1:71 and 6:27, fijan and hatan exchange the roles enemies and those hating.

CHRONOLOGYSynchronic fourth-century Gothic translation system preserved in an early-sixth-century manuscript.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe paired lexical swap is established; perfect synonymy outside those passages is not.

EDGE1154probable
inheritanceDaniel Ayora Estevan · Bosworth–Toller editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old English fēond continues the Germanic nd-agent formation with West Germanic vowel and inflectional development.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The lexicalized one-who-hates formation remains an enemy or foe noun and also supplies a devil sense in Old English.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old English written record.

CONFIDENCE NOTECross-Germanic comparison and the Old English entry support inheritance; exact intermediate phonetic detail remains reconstructed.

EDGE1159probable
inheritanceJoseph Bosworth · Thomas Northcote Toller · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old English fēogan and contracted feón continue the Germanic fi(j)- verb with West Germanic vocalic, consonantal, and inflectional development; the exact prehistoric sequence behind every recorded variant remains reconstructed.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited Germanic hate or hostility verb remains a transitive verb meaning hate or persecute in Old English.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old English written record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEOld English forms and cross-Germanic comparison support inheritance; the exact intermediate phonetic history is not directly attested.

EDGE1169probable
inheritanceDaniel Ayora Estevan · Guus Kroonen · Wolfgang PfeiferPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old High German fīant reflects the Germanic nd-agent formation after High German branch development in its vowel, glide, consonants, and inflection.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized one-who-hates formation is inherited as the ordinary enemy noun.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the eighth-century Old High German record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old High German form is attested and the cross-Germanic formation is published; the exact Proto-Germanic phonetic path remains reconstructed.

EDGE1176probable
inheritanceWolfgang Pfeifer · Jacob Grimm · John T. KochPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Under the comparative analysis, Germanic t develops into the Old High German sibilant written ʒ through the High German consonant shift, while i-stem morphology and gender are remodeled in the High German branch.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited hate, anger, enmity, or hostility field continues as Old High German haʒ; competing sources disagree on whether pursuit, suffering, or hostile disposition best represents the earlier semantic center.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the eighth-century Old High German record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old High German form and cross-Germanic set are attested; the Proto-Germanic form, exact stem alternation, and semantic center are reconstructed.

EDGE1180probable
inheritanceDictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Richard Cleasby · Guðbrandur Vigfússon · John T. KochPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

The comparative analysis aligns Old Norse hatr and genitive hatrs with the Germanic *hatiz- noun after North Germanic loss or reduction of unstressed material and branch-specific inflection. The public sources establish the comparison more securely than one fully specified sound-law derivation.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited hate, anger, enmity, or spite field continues in Old Norse hatred, enmity, and spite. One proposed mockery or scorn context remains a qualified side sense rather than the ancestral center.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old Norse textual record, including a directly inspected c.1150-1200 manuscript token.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old Norse form and comparative Germanic set are attested or published; the parent form, exact paradigm history, and semantic center are reconstructed.

EDGE1187probable
inheritanceVladimir Orel · Dudenredaktion · Jacob GrimmPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old High German haʒʒōn belongs to the comparative weak-verb set Orel reconstructs as *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan; the High German branch reflects the consonant-shifted Germanic t in the doubled sibilant spelling.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited Germanic hate field continues in the Old High German verb, but pursuit, hostile action, and hostile disposition remain competing candidates for the earlier semantic center.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old High German record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old High German variants and cross-Germanic set are published; the parent alternatives and semantic center are reconstructed.

EDGE1194probable
inheritanceGuus Kroonen · Marlies Philippa · Arend Quak · ONW editorial teamPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Dutch fīunt or fīant reflects the Germanic nd-agent formation after West Germanic and Dutch-branch vowel, glide, consonant, and inflectional development.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized one-who-hates formation is inherited as the ordinary enemy noun; Christian Devil usage develops inside the attested daughter record rather than inside the reconstruction.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into Old Dutch textual evidence.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe daughter forms and participial analysis are independently published. The parent remains reconstructed and no written Proto-Germanic token exists.

EDGE1199probable
inheritanceSvenska Akademiens ordboksredaktion · Elof Hellquist · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Swedish fiande or fiände reflects the North Germanic continuation of the inherited nd-agent formation, with branch vowel development, glide and consonant history, inflection, and scribal spelling represented by the recorded variants.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized one-who-hates formation functions as enemy or opponent. A Devil sense is visible inside the attested Swedish branch and is not projected back into Proto-Germanic.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the medieval Swedish written record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old Swedish record and cross-Germanic comparison support inheritance. The parent is reconstructed, and the dossier does not invent a written Proto-Norse or Proto-Swedish intermediate.

EDGE1207probable
inheritanceRichard Cleasby · Guðbrandur Vigfússon · Daniel Ayora Estevan · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Norse fjándi and plural fjándr continue the inherited Germanic nd-agent formation after North Germanic vowel, glide, ending, and inflectional developments.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized one-who-hates formation is inherited as an ordinary enemy noun; demonic, pagan-god, and derogatory branches develop inside the attested Old Norse semantic history.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the source-reported tenth-century poetic and later prose record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old Norse lemma, paradigm, and cross-Germanic comparison are published. The precise Proto-Germanic phonetics and each semantic innovation remain reconstructed or textually bounded.

EDGE1211probable
historical continuationDen Danske Ordbogs redaktion · ODS editorial team · Aage Hansen · Sv. Eegholm-PedersenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Danish fiende continues through competing Fiende, Fiænde, Finde, Fînde, and Fiend spellings and two- versus three-syllable realizations before modern fjende and its current pronunciations stabilize.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The ordinary enemy noun remains central while wartime, ideological, animal, abstract-threat, and historical Devil branches remain contextually available.

CHRONOLOGYOld Danish record through early-modern variation into current Danish.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe linked dictionaries publish the forms, pronunciations, and sense network. They do not supply one uniquely dated sound change from every historical spelling to the modern standard.

EDGE1212probable
inheritanceDen Danske Ordbogs redaktion · ODS editorial team · Daniel Ayora Estevan · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Danish fiende continues the North Germanic reflex of the inherited fi(j)- plus nd agent formation, with branch-specific vowel, glide, ending, and inflectional developments.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The already lexicalized one-who-hates formation is inherited as an ordinary enemy noun; the Devil and broader figurative branches belong to attested Danish semantic history.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old Danish 1100–1300 known-since range.

CONFIDENCE NOTEOld Danish fiende and the cross-Germanic derivation are published. The exact prehistoric phonetics and every semantic innovation remain reconstructed or textually bounded.

EDGE1216probable
inheritanceAlthochdeutsches Wörterbuch editorial team · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old High German fīēn continues the reconstructed Germanic fi(j)- weak verb after High German branch development in its vowel, optional glide, ending, and inflectional system. The attested forms are not treated as one mechanically complete sound law.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The hate or hostility verb remains visible in records meaning hate, not love, be hostile, detest, or reject; individual Latin alignments do not force one identical nuance onto every occurrence.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the eighth- and ninth-century Alemannic record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old High German verb and its paradigm are attested through the reviewed dictionary, and the cross-Germanic comparison is published. The exact prehistoric phonetic path remains reconstructed.

EDGE1219probable
historical surface developmentGeir T. Zoëga · Dictionary of Old Norse Prose editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

The early form fía develops into fjá through North Germanic contraction and glide-vowel remodeling. The reviewed lexical sources publish the earlier and later surfaces but do not expose a dated sequence of intermediate written forms.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The verb remains in the hate field; active and reflexive constructions distribute the participant structure differently without creating separate prehistoric roots.

CHRONOLOGYAn early Old Norse form into the normalized poetic fjá lemma; no exact transition date is asserted.

CONFIDENCE NOTEZoëga explicitly calls fía the early form and ONP cross-references item fía. The exact phonetic stages, chronology, and geographic spread are not directly observed.

EDGE1220probable
inheritanceDictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Richard Cleasby · Guðbrandur Vigfússon · Guus KroonenPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Norse fía and fjá continue the reconstructed Germanic fi(j)- verb after North Germanic vowel, glide, contraction, ending, and inflectional developments. The attested surfaces are not treated as one mechanically complete sound law.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited hate or hostility verb remains finite in three poetic contexts; the reflexive fiásk marks a syntactic development rather than a separate ancestral lexeme.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into the source-reported Old Norse poetic record.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe Old Norse lemma and forms are attested through reviewed dictionaries and normalized editions, and the cross-Germanic comparison is published. The exact prehistoric phonetic path remains reconstructed.

EDGE1223probable
inheritanceVladimir Orel · Dictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Johan FritznerPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Norse h continues the Germanic fricative Orel writes x, while the weak-verb stem and North Germanic inflection produce the attested hata paradigm. The reviewed sources do not expose one complete dated series of intermediate spoken forms.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited hostility verb is distributed across persecution, rejection, humiliation, hate, damage or destruction, participial, and reciprocal constructions. Dictionary sense order is not promoted as a chronological semantic path.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into Old Norse prose, poetry, and a directly inspected c1200 manuscript token.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe comparative family is published across Germanic branches, but reconstruction notation varies and the exact prehistoric semantic center is not recoverable.

EDGE1228probable
inheritanceVladimir Orel · Dietrich Hofmann · Anne Tjerk Popkema · Corpus Oudfries editorsPERMALINK #
WHAT CHANGED IN FORM

Old Frisian h corresponds to the Germanic fricative Orel writes x. The attested weak-verb forms show spelling and inflectional variation including hatia, hatijen, hatie, hata, and hatien, but the reviewed sources do not publish one complete dated series of intermediate spoken changes.

WHAT CHANGED IN MEANING

The inherited hostility verb is used across hate or rejection, damage, feud-language enemy pursuit, road obstruction, legal adversity, and theological condemnation. No dictionary sense order is promoted as a chronological semantic path.

CHRONOLOGYProto-Germanic reconstruction into source-reported Old Frisian legal and theological records.

CONFIDENCE NOTEThe comparative Germanic family is published, but reconstruction notation varies and one corpus homograph must be excluded from the hate lineage.

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READ THE EDGE, NOT JUST THE WORD

TWO HISTORIES TRAVEL TOGETHER.

SOUND HISTORY

Pronunciation, spelling, morphology, loss, insertion, adaptation, and regular historical development.

SEMANTIC HISTORY

Narrowing, broadening, metaphor, social reanalysis, technical specialization, and meaning retained.

EVIDENCE STATUS

Attested forms, reconstructed forms marked by *, and explicit knowledge boundaries never share one certainty label.

AUDIT TRAIL

Scholar, confidence, chronology, source stance, locator, and evidence note remain attached to the atomic edge.