Re: Etymology of Houbit and haben

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:11:47 +0100: "Poul Erik Jørgensen"
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"Todd" <burns417@xxxxxxx> skrev i en meddelelse
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Can anyone tell me why Houbit and heben have a <b> rather than the <f>
Grimm's Law specifies. I suspect it has something to do with Verner's
Law, but I'm not sure just what.

In Old High German heben was: inf. heffan, pret. sgl. huob (elder *huof),
pret. plur. huobun, perf. part. gihaban - according to Verner's Law. The b
has later moved into all forms of this verb.

houbit (Old High German = head; compare with modern German Haupt):

The Dutch words are 'heffen' and 'hoofd'.

What is the problem? Verner's Law related to what?

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