Middle English hate stands beside inherited hete, with a remodeled a-vowel form associated with the verb haten. The graph does not pretend the noun-side replacement was a single regular sound law.
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hate
hate, extreme anger, hostility, or the lexical base of hatrede
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · Old English · hate anger hostility nounhete
hate, hatred, spite, envy, malice, hostility, or anger
OPEN NODE 1093 ↗01
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Old English hate, hostility, and anger continue in Middle English, while the noun form is remodeled or replaced beside the inherited reflex.
Old English into Middle English, with overlapping inherited and remodeled forms.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
probable — American Heritage presents the noun as from Old English hete; Merriam-Webster instead calls Middle English hate probably derivative of haten and replacing hete.
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Hate — definition, etymology, and first known useNoun etymology: probably derivative of haten, replacing hete
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the remodeled-noun analysis and its qualification.
Hate — definition and etymologyEtymology: noun from Old English hete
challengesAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Presents the more direct noun-continuation analysis.
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