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*xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan

TRANSLITERATION *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan

reconstructed class-III or related weak verbs meaning hate

DATE
Proto-Germanic reconstruction alternatives
SENSE
hate class three reconstruction
FAMILY
Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:5:xatenan-xatojanan:reconstructed:sense:hate-class-three-reconstruction

Orel publishes the alternation *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan and compares Gothic hatan, Old English hatian, Old Frisian hatia, Old Saxon hatan, Old Norse hata, and Old High German hazzōn. The x is Orel’s notation for the Germanic fricative commonly rendered h. Sturtevant’s competing specifically Gothic secondary account remains a separate graph edge.

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This form is reconstructed by comparison. It is not directly attested in this exact written form.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERderivationprobable
Proto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic · hate anger germanic i stem

*hatiz-

hate, anger, enmity, spite, or hostility

SOUND
Orel groups the weak-verb reconstruction with the Germanic hate-noun base he represents as *xataz ~ *xatez; the graph crosswalks that base to its reviewed *hatiz- node.
MEANING
A noun family for hate or enmity supplies or associates with weak verbs whose daughter branches express hating, hostility, pursuit, and anger.
CHRONOLOGY
Related Proto-Germanic reconstructed formations rather than independently dated words.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
probable — The lexical family is secure, but the exact formation of class-III hatan and the direction of any specifically Gothic remodeling remain disputed.
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTcompeting inheritanceproposed
Gothic · Gothic biblical tradition · hate class three verb

hatan

to hate; in a substantivized participle, an enemy or one who hates

SOUND
On the inherited analysis, Gothic h and the hat- stem continue the Germanic forms Orel writes with x, while the Gothic class-III paradigm is compared with the reconstructed *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan alternation.
MEANING
The Germanic weak-verb family meaning hate continues in the two surviving Gothic participles, one of which is substantivized as enemies.
CHRONOLOGY
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into the fourth-century Gothic translation tradition and surviving early-sixth-century manuscript.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Project Wulfila editors
CONFIDENCE
proposed — The comparative family is published, but the exact reconstruction varies and Sturtevant argues that Gothic hatan may be a secondary formation beside hatjan rather than a straightforward inherited class-III reflex.
DESCENDANTinheritanceprobable
Old High German · Old High German · hate pursue old high german verb

haʒʒēn / haʒʒōn

to hate; in reported glosses, to pursue or follow hostilely

SOUND
Old High German haʒʒōn belongs to the comparative weak-verb set Orel reconstructs as *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan; the High German branch reflects the consonant-shifted Germanic t in the doubled sibilant spelling.
MEANING
The inherited Germanic hate field continues in the Old High German verb, but pursuit, hostile action, and hostile disposition remain competing candidates for the earlier semantic center.
CHRONOLOGY
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old High German record.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm
CONFIDENCE
probable — The Old High German variants and cross-Germanic set are published; the parent alternatives and semantic center are reconstructed.
DESCENDANTinheritanceprobable
Old Norse · Old Norse prose and poetic record · persecute reject humiliate hate old norse verb

hata

to persecute; reject or despise; humiliate; hate; damage or destroy in poetic use; become or remain hostile in reflexive constructions

SOUND
Old Norse h continues the Germanic fricative Orel writes x, while the weak-verb stem and North Germanic inflection produce the attested hata paradigm. The reviewed sources do not expose one complete dated series of intermediate spoken forms.
MEANING
The inherited hostility verb is distributed across persecution, rejection, humiliation, hate, damage or destruction, participial, and reciprocal constructions. Dictionary sense order is not promoted as a chronological semantic path.
CHRONOLOGY
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into Old Norse prose, poetry, and a directly inspected c1200 manuscript token.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Dictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Johan Fritzner
CONFIDENCE
probable — The comparative family is published across Germanic branches, but reconstruction notation varies and the exact prehistoric semantic center is not recoverable.
DESCENDANTinheritanceprobable
Old Frisian · Old Frisian legal and theological records, text 1220-1300 through manuscripts 1490-1540 · hate harm verb

hatia

to hate or reject; to damage; in feud-language, to harm or pursue as an enemy

SOUND
Old Frisian h corresponds to the Germanic fricative Orel writes x. The attested weak-verb forms show spelling and inflectional variation including hatia, hatijen, hatie, hata, and hatien, but the reviewed sources do not publish one complete dated series of intermediate spoken changes.
MEANING
The inherited hostility verb is used across hate or rejection, damage, feud-language enemy pursuit, road obstruction, legal adversity, and theological condemnation. No dictionary sense order is promoted as a chronological semantic path.
CHRONOLOGY
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into source-reported Old Frisian legal and theological records.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Dietrich Hofmann · Anne Tjerk Popkema · Corpus Oudfries editors
CONFIDENCE
probable — The comparative Germanic family is published, but reconstruction notation varies and one corpus homograph must be excluded from the hate lineage.
DESCENDANTcompeting inheritanceproposed
Old Saxon · Munich Heliand manuscript, second half of the ninth century · hate verb manuscript spelling

hatan

to hate in the quoted enemy command; wider paradigm also glossed pursue

SOUND
Old Saxon h continues the Germanic fricative represented by Orel as x, while the attested ō-class paradigm is compared with reconstructed weak-verb alternatives. Orel prints *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan; Köbler prints *hatōn.
MEANING
The inherited Germanic hostility verb continues as Old Saxon hate or, in lexicographic description, pursue. The evidence does not establish pursuit as the one earlier or original meaning.
CHRONOLOGY
Proto-Germanic reconstruction into the Old Saxon Heliand and gloss record.
SCHOLAR
Vladimir Orel · Gerhard Köbler · University of Texas Linguistics Research Center
CONFIDENCE
proposed — The branch lexeme and cross-Germanic family are secure, but reconstruction notation, weak-verb subclass history, and the semantic center vary by source.
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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HISTORICAL STEP 015 EDGES
STEP 01competing inheritanceproposed
SOUND
On the inherited analysis, Gothic h and the hat- stem continue the Germanic forms Orel writes with x, while the Gothic class-III paradigm is compared with the reconstructed *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan alternation.
MEANING
The Germanic weak-verb family meaning hate continues in the two surviving Gothic participles, one of which is substantivized as enemies.
Vladimir Orel · Project Wulfila editors5 CITATIONSEDGE 1136 ↗
STEP 01inheritanceprobable
SOUND
Old High German haʒʒōn belongs to the comparative weak-verb set Orel reconstructs as *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan; the High German branch reflects the consonant-shifted Germanic t in the doubled sibilant spelling.
MEANING
The inherited Germanic hate field continues in the Old High German verb, but pursuit, hostile action, and hostile disposition remain competing candidates for the earlier semantic center.
Vladimir Orel · Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm4 CITATIONSEDGE 1187 ↗
STEP 01inheritanceprobable
SOUND
Old Norse h continues the Germanic fricative Orel writes x, while the weak-verb stem and North Germanic inflection produce the attested hata paradigm. The reviewed sources do not expose one complete dated series of intermediate spoken forms.
MEANING
The inherited hostility verb is distributed across persecution, rejection, humiliation, hate, damage or destruction, participial, and reciprocal constructions. Dictionary sense order is not promoted as a chronological semantic path.
Vladimir Orel · Dictionary of Old Norse Prose editors · Johan Fritzner4 CITATIONSEDGE 1223 ↗
STEP 01inheritanceprobable
SOUND
Old Frisian h corresponds to the Germanic fricative Orel writes x. The attested weak-verb forms show spelling and inflectional variation including hatia, hatijen, hatie, hata, and hatien, but the reviewed sources do not publish one complete dated series of intermediate spoken changes.
MEANING
The inherited hostility verb is used across hate or rejection, damage, feud-language enemy pursuit, road obstruction, legal adversity, and theological condemnation. No dictionary sense order is promoted as a chronological semantic path.
Vladimir Orel · Dietrich Hofmann · Anne Tjerk Popkema · Corpus Oudfries editors4 CITATIONSEDGE 1228 ↗
STEP 01competing inheritanceproposed
SOUND
Old Saxon h continues the Germanic fricative represented by Orel as x, while the attested ō-class paradigm is compared with reconstructed weak-verb alternatives. Orel prints *xatēnan ~ *xatōjanan; Köbler prints *hatōn.
MEANING
The inherited Germanic hostility verb continues as Old Saxon hate or, in lexicographic description, pursue. The evidence does not establish pursuit as the one earlier or original meaning.
Vladimir Orel · Gerhard Köbler · University of Texas Linguistics Research Center3 CITATIONSEDGE 1254 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 024 EDGES
STEP 02translation overlapprobable
SOUND
No sound descent is claimed. The edge records two distinct Gothic class-III verbs used in overlapping translation constructions.
MEANING
Across Luke 1:71 and 6:27, fijan and hatan exchange the roles enemies and those hating.
Project Wulfila editors · Albert Morey Sturtevant3 CITATIONSEDGE 1148 ↗
STEP 02historical continuationestablished
SOUND
The reviewed dictionaries connect Middle High German haʒʒen with Old High German haʒʒēn and haʒʒōn. The edge preserves the printed variants rather than inventing one normalized historical token.
MEANING
DWB aligns Old High German forms with following or pursuing and describes the later feeling-centered sense as more muted; Middle High German evidence contains both hostile action and disposition.
Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm · Georg Friedrich Benecke · Wilhelm Müller · Friedrich Zarncke4 CITATIONSEDGE 1186 ↗
STEP 02paradigm variantprobable
SOUND
The quantity-normalized citation form hazzōn selects the ōn member of a source set also printed as hazōn and haʒʒōn; hazzēn, hazēn, and haʒʒēn represent the neighboring ēn member. This edge is paradigm navigation, not a claim that one written form changed directly into the combined display.
MEANING
The variants occupy the same reviewed hate, emulation, following, and hostile-pursuit field. The edge does not assign every gloss to every token or prove that the ēn and ōn records were interchangeable in every dialect.
Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm · Starling editors · University of Texas Linguistics Research Center · Mirjam Marti Heinzle5 CITATIONSEDGE 1242 ↗
STEP 02orthographic variantestablished
SOUND
The normalized lemma hatōn abstracts over written infinitive hatan in Munich manuscript M and haton in manuscript C. The macron and final-vowel normalization are editorial analyses; this edge does not claim that one token changed directly into the other.
MEANING
No meaning change is assigned. Both infinitive readings belong to the same reviewed hate verb, while their object dates and manuscript identities remain separate.
Gerhard Köbler · University of Texas Linguistics Research Center · SET-U manuscript review3 CITATIONSEDGE 1253 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 032 EDGES
STEP 03orthographic variantprobable
SOUND
Written Gothic loses j in some fijan forms before a vowel; the historical lemma fian normalizes that j-less surface pattern.
MEANING
No lexical split is established: both shapes remain one hate verb.
Albert Morey Sturtevant · Project Wulfila editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 1145 ↗
STEP 03historical continuationestablished
SOUND
Middle High German haʒʒen continues into the hassen spelling of the Early New High German record as the historical sibilant notation and spelling conventions change.
MEANING
The Middle High German record already includes ordinary hating and disliking; action-centered persecution contexts recede while hostile disposition becomes central.
Dudenredaktion · Jacob Grimm · Matthias Lexer3 CITATIONSEDGE 1185 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
STEP 04historical continuationestablished
SOUND
Early New High German hassen continues into New High German with the same normalized spelling while pronunciation, inflection, and usage are standardized over time.
MEANING
The modern verb retains person-directed hatred and also supports a broad strong-aversion sense for things and actions; the edge does not assign one intensity to every historical token.
Dudenredaktion · Wolfgang Pfeifer · Jacob Grimm3 CITATIONSEDGE 1184 ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

That is expected for a reconstructed form: the node is inferred from comparison, not quoted from a surviving occurrence.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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