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Proto-Germanic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From an innovated post-Indo-European stative present *kh₂ph₁yé-, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize”).[1]
Verb
*habjaną
- to have, to hold
Inflection
Conjugation of
*habjaną (weak class 3 j-present)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyéti, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”), and thus related to the "have" sense of Etymology 1.[2]
Verb
*habjaną
- to lift, heave
Inflection
Conjugation of
*habjaną (strong class 6 j-present)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*habēn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hafjan- ~ *habjan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198