From: dgkilday57
Message: 65238
Date: 2009-10-14
>According to Kluge <Hetze> and <Hatz> were formed in NHG from <hetzen>, which goes back to OHG. He suggests a possible connection with 'hate', which Koebler mentions (with a question mark) and Pokorny (IEW 517) is lukewarm about; WGmc *hattjan would then be based on the zero-grade *k^h2d-. The passage 'hate' > 'chase' is rather shaky. Rather than *k^eh2d-, the root in question may be *keh2d- or *keh1d- (IEW 516 'schaedigen, berauben, verfolgen'), not well documented and the only normal grade is a dubious pluperfect <ekeke:dei> in Hesychius; nevertheless WGmc *hattjan 'cause to chase' would be regular and not require any great semantic stretch.
> > And add
> German Hetze "battue"
>
> > http://www.thefreedictionary.com/battue
> > (and hetzen "excite, goad")
>
> cf.
> http://www.dict.cc/german-english/jdn+hetzen.html
> http://www.dict.cc/german-english/ein+Tier+hetzen.html
> http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Hetzjagd.html
> http://tinyurl.com/yfakxj7