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From an innovated post-Indo-European stative present*kh₂ph₁yé-, fromProto-Indo-European*keh₂p-(“to seize”).[1]
*habjaną
FromProto-Indo-European*kh₂pyéti, from the root*keh₂p-(“to seize”), and thus related to the "have" sense of Etymology 1.[2]
*habjaną