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In this article I examine the origin of the long vowel * ō  in the West-Germanic verb * ōbi̯an . The verb is continued in OHG  uoben  ›to practice‹ and OS  ōvian  ›to celebrate‹. The current explanations are doubtful. They are: 1.) * ōbi̯a-  is derived from the strong feminine * ōbō- . 2.) There is an exclusively Germanic root * ōb- . 3.) * ōbi̯a-  is a causative-iterative formation to a lost strong verb PGm * afaną . Five new suggestions are introduced and ordered according to probability. The best solution seems to be the completion of a pattern in analogy to families like * bata-  ›good‹, * bōtō-  ›making/becoming good/better‹ and * bōt(i)i̯aną  ›to make/become good/better‹.

Ahd. uoben und as. ōvian: Eine etymologische und morphologische Analyse