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No in the reviewed etymological account. Kluge describes Hetze as a Modern High German formation from the older verb, whose Middle High German history is independently attested.
/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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States that Hetze is a Modern High German formation from the verb.
p. 146, hetzenThe relation is modeled as derivation from the verb, not as the verb’s source.