Where does “חרפ” come from?

חרפ (Hebrew) comes from Yiddish כראָפּען, from Slavic unknown.

חרפ (Hebrew): to sleep deeply

Definitions

  1. to sleep deeply

Ancestry of “חרפ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכראָפּעןto snore
2Slavicunknown—
Every word from Slavic unknown →Every word from Yiddish כראָפּען →
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