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
- Help! Catch him/her/them!
Ancestry of “chaptzem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | כאַפּטסעם | — |
| 2 | Yiddish | כאַפּן | to catch, grab; to snag, capture; to realize |
| 3 | Polish | chapać | to snatch, to snap at |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | xāpàti | seize |