h₂elg-₂

“to earn, gain, merit”

Widely acceptedcommercepossession

Source of English owe, own, ought, German eigen

Root for earning/possessing, yielding English owe, own, ought and German eigen (own/characteristic).

deh₃-r-“to give, gift (extended)”gʰeHbʰ-“to take, grasp (a utensil)”gʰel-d-“to pay, yield, gold”gʰrebʰ-eyo-“to keep seizing, grasping”h₃emh₃-“to take hold of, possess”kap-eyo-“to keep seizing, take repeatedly”kap-yo-“to seize, take hold of”keh₂p-eyo-“to keep seizing, grasping”