ThisProto-Indo-European entry containsreconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directlyattested, but are hypothesized to have existed based oncomparative evidence.

*gʰebʰ-

1. togive
2. totake

• Formerly taken as equivalent to*gʰeh₁bʰ- until the advent of the laryngeal theory.^[1] A reconstruction*gʰHebʰ- may also be possible, but it is not favored.
• Some scholars maintain the traditional reconstruction of*gʰabʰ-, arguing that the two should not be arbitrarily separated.^[2]

• *gʰebʰ-e-ti(root present)^[3][4]
  • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic:*gebtei
    • Eastern Baltic:
      • Lithuanian:gebė́ti(“to be able, wont (to)”)
  • Proto-Germanic:*gebaną (see there for further descendants)
• *gʰe-gʰóbʰ-e(stative)^[3]
  • >? Proto-Balto-Slavic:
    • Eastern Baltic:
      • ⇒ Lithuanian:at-gė́bau(“brought about”,1s.pret.)
  • Proto-Germanic:*gab(“gave”,1s/3s.ind.pret.)
• *gʰébʰ-os ~ gʰébʰ-es-os(s-stem)
  • ⇒*gʰébʰ-es-tis(“arm, hand”)
    • Proto-Indo-Iranian:*gʰábʰastiš
      • Proto-Indo-Aryan:*gábʰastiṣ
        • Sanskrit:गभस्ति(gábhasti)
• >?*gʰébʰ-l̥ ~ gʰbʰ-l-és(“head”),*gʰébʰ-ōl
• Unsorted formations:
  • >? Latvian:gãbtiês(“snatch, grab”)
  • >? Lithuanian:góbti(“to snatch, grab, take”)
  • >? Proto-Slavic:*gabati(“to seize, take”) (see there for further descendants)

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