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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From an innovated post-Indo-European stative present (see Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti, Proto-Germanic *-janą), built on Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize”).[1]

    Verb

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    *habjaną

    1. to have, to hold
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    Etymology 2

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      From Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti, from the root *kap- (“to seize”), and thus related to the "have" sense of Etymology 1.[2]

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      *habjaną

      1. to lift, heave
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      References

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      1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*habēn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 197
      2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*hafjan- ~ *habjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 198