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hatan

Pronunciation: /ˈxɑː.tɑn/

“hatan” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to call, name
  2. to order, command, give orders, bid
  3. to promise
  4. to be called

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haitan (“to command, name”). Cognates Cognate with Old Frisian hēta, Old Saxon hētan, Old High German heizzan, Old Norse heita (Swedish heta), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (haitan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek κίειν (kíein, “put in motion”), Latin ciēre (“rouse, make active”) and Albanian cys (“to spur, set in motion”).

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