Where does “caple” come from?

caple (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian capla, from Proto-Slavic čapľa, from Proto-Slavic čapja, from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

caple (Lower Sorbian): inflection of capla: ## genitive singular ##...

Definitions

  1. inflection of capla: ## genitive singular ##...

Ancestry of “caple”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiancaplagrey heron
2Proto-Slavicčapľaheron
3Proto-Slavicčapja—
4Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick
Every word from Proto-Slavic čapati →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapja →Every word from Proto-Slavic čapľa →