הייבן
געהויבן
'to lift, heave'

ETYMOLOGY

Why is the vowel in הייבן (from MHG heben) E₃ while לעבן (from MHG leben) E₅?
Got. hafjan✱, ON hefja, OE hebban, English to heave, OS hebbean, heffian, OHG heffen, heven, MHG heben, NHG heben; from PGmc ✱hafjan- ~ ✱habjan- 'to raise, lift' < EUR ✱kh₂p-ie-, from the root ✱kap- 'to grab'; cf. Latin capiō 'to take', (perfect) cēpi, Greek κάπτω 'to gulp down'
{EWA 4, 877, Feist 229, Kroonen 2013: 198}
Vowel 22, Proto-Yiddish ✱ē

WESTERN

hêbn {êⁱ} {Schnitzler, Prager Judendeutsch, 20}

Holland (Netherlands)

heiben {ɛi} {HOLLAND, Beem, Jerosche}
- Der versseilt sein heiben un leigen. 'He tells his standing up and lying down. He tells his most intimate things.' {Jerosche №328}

Alsace (France)

hevə {ALSACE, Zuckerman 1969, 42}

CENTRAL

vus xajpt-ᵻts? וואָס הייבט עץ {Warsaw, Geller 2001: 289}
- favᵻ-s-di... favᵻ-s-di giɛhɔjbm dᵻs... dᵻs vɛjgaɬɛ? פֿאַר וואָס האָסטו... פֿאַר וואָס האָסטו געהויבן דאָס... דאָס וועגעלע {p. 291}
- favus jix-ɔb jiɛhɔjbm פֿאַר וואָס איך האָב געהויבן {p. 293}

HASIDIC

AMERICA

vɛn mɛ hajpt hɛnt, hajpt mɛn fiˑs ווען מע הייבט הענט, הייבט מען פֿיס (i.e., run away)

NORTHEASTERN

געהייבן