Where does “muchołap” come from?

muchołap (Polish) comes from Polish łapać, from Old Polish łapać, from Proto-Slavic *lapati.

muchołap (Polish): any tyrant flycatcher of the genus Myiarchus

Definitions

  1. any tyrant flycatcher of the genus Myiarchus

Ancestry of “muchołap”, step by step

muchołap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish łapać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishłapaćto grab
2Old Polishłapaćto grab
3Proto-Slavic*lapati—

via Polish Mucha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishMuchafly
2Proto-Slavicmùxafly
Every word from Proto-Slavic *lapati →Every word from Old Polish łapać →Every word from Polish łapać →