Where does “chlap” come from?

chlap (Polish) comes from Polish chlapać, from Proto-Slavic *xlapati.

chlap (Polish): splash; genitive plural of chlapa; second-person...

Definitions

  1. splash; genitive plural of chlapa; second-person...

Ancestry of “chlap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchlapaćto plash, to splash
2Proto-Slavic*xlapati
Every word from Proto-Slavic *xlapatiEvery word from Polish chlapać
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