The adjective in *-ja- is compared with the long-vowel Germanic noun *hwōtō. The located entry does not independently settle whether the adjective derives from the noun, the noun from a related verb, or both from a shared base.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 1264derivationproposed
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*hwōtja-
hostile or threatening
OPEN NODE 1299 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic related noun reconstruction · threat reprimand germanic noun*hwōtō
threat or reprimand
OPEN NODE 1300 ↗01
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The compared noun means threat while the adjective means hostile or enraged. The graph preserves the semantic proximity without converting it into one documented derivational event.
Related Proto-Germanic reconstructed formations.
Gerhard Köbler
proposed — Köbler prints “compare Germanic *hwōtō” rather than a fully argued direction of derivation.
reviewed
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Altsächsisches Wörterbuch — hatōn and hėttiandhōti* entry, E field: compare Germanic *hwōtō, threat
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Publishes the related formation while leaving derivational direction implicit.
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