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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/čapati

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. Traditionally falsely connected with *keh₂p-. Compare *capati, *xapati.

Verb

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*čapati

  1. to seize, to pick (on)

Inflection

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Descendants

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References

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  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*čapati”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 16