Akkadian

ebēṭu - to be tied, girded (CAD E 13, AHw. 182)

Cf. nībittu ‘a girdle’ (CAD N2 201, AHw. 774). Probably different from ebêṭu “to have cramps’.

PS
*γbṭ - to be tied, girded (Kogan 2001:266)