Etymograph
>
Indo-European
>
Old English
>
Dictionary
>
h
a
tan
V (v-strong-7)
to be called
or named, have for a name
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/18214
,
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hatan#Old_English
Attested in
Ælfric's Lives of Saints - Saint Eugenia
("het")
originates from: PWGmc
*haitan
"to address, to call" (
oe-diphthong-tensing
) through pwgmc-to-oe
Inflected forms
het
"to be called
.pst.3sg
" (
oe-past-3sg
)