Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/habjaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From an innovated post-Indo-European stative present *kh₂ph₁yé-, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (to seize).[1]

    Verb

    *habjaną

    1. to have, to hold
    Inflection
    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

      1. to lift, heave
      Inflection
      Derived terms
      Descendants

      References

      1. ^ 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
      2. ^ 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