The j-suffix conditions West Germanic fronting and consonant development; High German sound change and later reduction yield the projected *hezzen shape.
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*hezzen
a reconstructed weak verb meaning chase or persecute
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · hate jan verb formation*xatjanan
a reconstructed Germanic weak verb represented by Gothic hatjan, Old English hettan, and Middle High German hetzen
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A Germanic factitive or action verb associated with hostility is continued as chase, pursuit, or persecution in the High German branch.
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into a projected Old High German stage.
Christopher Gordon Bailey · Vladimir Orel
probable — The Germanic comparison is published, but the intermediate Old High German form is reconstructed and its exact morphology varies by source.
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A Handbook of Germanic Etymology — *xataz, *xatjanan, and *xatōjananp. 203, *xatjanan
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes Gothic hatjan, Old English hettan, and Middle High German hetzen under one reconstructed verb.
The Etymology of the Old High German Weak Verbvol. 1, data entry “*hezzen”
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Reconstructs a Germanic *hatijanan from the comparative verb set.
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