Written Gothic loses j in some fijan forms before a vowel; the historical lemma fian normalizes that j-less surface pattern.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 1145orthographic variantprobable
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fian
j-less variant of fijan
OPEN NODE 1158 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedGothic · Gothic textual tradition · hate experience class three verbfijan
to hate or detest; direct an experience of hostility toward a stimulus
OPEN NODE 1154 ↗01
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No lexical split is established: both shapes remain one hate verb.
Within the Gothic textual and scribal tradition.
Albert Morey Sturtevant · Project Wulfila editors
probable — The variant relation is secure; its exact phonological timing and orthographic interpretation remain historical analyses.
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Notes on Gothic Forms — Hatan : hatjan “to hate”pp. 451–452, loss of j in fijan : fian
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the historical formal analysis.
Lemma fian — redirect and historical dictionary variantLemma fian redirects to fijan
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Treats the j-less variant as the same lexeme.
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