An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/hetzen

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2511448An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — hetzen1891John Francis Davis

​ hetzen, vb. ‘to infuriate, provoke, chase, hunt,’ from MidHG. and OHG. hętzen, ‘to chase, hunt, incite’; by permutation from *hatjan; comp. Haß. The subst. Hetze, f., is merely a ModHG. formation from the vb.

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