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hebban

hebban

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- ‎(“to grasp”). Compare Old Saxon hebbian, Old Frisian hebba, Old English habban, hafian, Old High German habēn, Old Norse hafa, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 ‎(haban).

Verb

hebban

  1. to have

Descendants

Old English

Verb

hebban

  1. to lift, to raise up
    Ic hond and rond hebban mihte. I could lift hand and shield. (Beowulf)

Conjugation

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Descendants

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *habjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pyé-, from the root *keh₂p- ‎(“take, seize”). Cognate with Old Frisian heva (West Frisian heffe), Old Saxon hebbian, Dutch heffen, Old High German heffen (German heben), Old Norse hefja (Danish hæve, Swedish häva), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐌾𐌰𐌽 ‎(hafjan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin capere, Old Irish cacht, Albanian kap ‎(“grip”), Proto-Slavic *xopiti (Old Church Slavonic хапѭште ‎(xapjǫšte), Russian хапать ‎(xapatʹ)), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kap- (Lithuanian kàpteleti, Latvian kàmpt ‎(“bite”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhebːɑn/

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