Where does “pochop” come from?

pochop (Czech) comes from Czech pochopit, from Czech chopit, from Old Czech chopiti, from Proto-Slavic xopiti — to grasp, to seize.

pochop (Czech): catchpole, beadle; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. catchpole, beadle; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “pochop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechpochopitto understand, to grasp
2Czechchopitto take, to seize, to grasp, to take hold
3Old Czechchopiti
4Proto-Slavicxopitito grasp, to seize
Every word from Proto-Slavic xopitiEvery word from Old Czech chopitiEvery word from Czech chopit
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