Where does “chaptzem” come from?

chaptzem (English) comes from Yiddish כאַפּטסעם, from Yiddish כאַפּן, from Polish chapać, from Proto-Slavic xāpàti — seize.

chaptzem (English): Help! Catch him/her/them!

Definitions

  1. Help! Catch him/her/them!

Ancestry of “chaptzem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכאַפּטסעם—
2Yiddishכאַפּןto catch, grab; to snag, capture; to realize
3Polishchapaćto snatch, to snap at
4Proto-Slavicxāpàtiseize
Every word from Proto-Slavic xāpàti →Every word from Polish chapać →Every word from Yiddish כאַפּן →
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