Comparative evidence

dʰeh₁bʰ, dʰeh₂bʰ, dʰeh₃bʰ

• Hitt. tapar-, tapariye- 'rule', 'lead', 'decide', 'reign' (EDHIL: 829ff.)

• CLuv. tapar- 'rule', 'govern' (EDHIL: 829ff.)

• Luv. tapariya- 'authority' (EDHIL: 829ff.). Kloekhorst, however, rejects the connection of the Anatolian words with the root *dheHbh-.

References

EDHIL = Kloekhorst, A. 2008. Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon. Brill.