An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/geben

by Friedrich Kluge

geben, verb, ‘to give, present, render, yield,’ from the equivalent Middle High German gëben, Old High German gëban; common to Teutonic in the same sense; compare Gothic giban, Anglo-Saxon gifan, English to give, Dutch geren, Old Icelandic gefa. Compare Gabe, Gift. Akin to Old Irish gabim, ‘I take,’ Lithuanian gabénti, ‘to bring, convey to,’ gobinti, ‘to cause to bring’?.