Lemizh / English dictionary
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Ràjb.
to put something-acc into a bag
Rìjb. bag
Etymology
< NLem Renb‑a
< LMLem, MLem Renb‑yr
< OLem ghenb‑ ‘seize and put into one’s bag (?)’
< PLem *gghenb‑ ‘grab, take’, nasal-infix present of
< PIE *gʰeh₁b‑
The OLem word possibly referred to tax collectors and/or bandits going around with bags or sacks, grabbing people’s possessions.
doublet of gàb.
Cognates
Lat habeō ‘have, hold’ (but not Eng have), Ir gabhlóg ‘fork’