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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hattjan
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hatjaną.
Verb
*hattjan
- to hunt down, to pursue
Inflection
| Class 1 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *hattjan | |
| 1st sg. past | *hattā | |
| Infinitive | *hattjan | |
| Genitive infin. | *hattjannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *hattjannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *hattjannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hattju | *hattā |
| 2nd singular | *hatisi | *hattēs, *hattōs |
| 3rd singular | *hatiþi | *hattē, *hattā |
| 1st plural | *hattjum | *hattum |
| 2nd plural | *hatiþ | *hattud |
| 3rd plural | *hattjanþ | *hattun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *hattjē | *hattī |
| 2nd singular | *hattjēs | *hattī |
| 3rd singular | *hattjē | *hattī |
| 1st plural | *hattjēm | *hattīm |
| 2nd plural | *hattjēþ | *hattīd |
| 3rd plural | *hattjēn | *hattīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *hati | |
| Plural | *hatiþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *hattjandī | *hatt |
Descendants
- Old English: hettan
- Old Saxon: hettian
- Old High German: hezzen
- Middle High German: hetzen
- German: hetzen
- Luxembourgish: hetzen
- Vilamovian: heca
- Middle High German: hetzen
- → Old French: hadir, hair, haire, haier, hayr
- Middle French: hair, hayr, haïr
- French: haïr
- Norman: haï (Jèrriais)
- Middle French: hair, hayr, haïr