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One scholarly question. Every attached source. The present editorial state, without pretending the last word has been written.

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Was the formation a causative “make hate” or an action verb “make pursue”?

Both descriptions occur, and their priority is not settled here. Duden analyzes a causative to hassen; Orel derives *xatjanan from the hate noun; Bailey and the medieval record foreground chase or persecution.

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hetzen

/ˈhɛt͡sn̩/ · German weak verb

A German weak verb whose modern senses range from driving or hunting quarry, through hurrying, to inciting hostility. The medieval record centers on setting dogs after game and already extends the action to turning people against one another. Comparative sources connect the verb with Old English hettan and Gothic hatjan, but the Old High German bridge and the exact prehistoric formation remain editorially disputed.

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DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE

3 SOURCES WITH A STANCE

A citation is not a vote. Each record says whether the work supports, challenges, contradicts, or contextualizes the position—and identifies the exact locus used.

02 / EDITORIAL STATE

THE QUESTION REMAINS OPEN.

CONFIDENCE
proposed
STATUS
open
LEGACY SOURCE SUMMARY
Morphological relationship is stronger than one uniquely recoverable original gloss.
WHY NO RESOLUTION

The reviewed evidence does not yet warrant collapsing the competing or incomplete analyses into one secure answer.

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