Where does “podłapywać” come from?

podłapywać (Polish) comes from Polish -ywać, from Polish -ować, from Latin -owac, from Proto-Slavic -ovati — Creates verbs out of nouns and adjectives.

podłapywać (Polish): to pick up, to win over someone of the opposite gender, to charm

Definitions

  1. to pick up, to win over someone of the opposite gender, to charm

Ancestry of “podłapywać”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ywaćforms imperfective verbs from perfective verbs,...
2Polish-owaćUsed to form verbs from nouns and adjectives
3Latin-owac—
4Proto-Slavic-ovatiCreates verbs out of nouns and adjectives
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovati →Every word from Polish -ować →Every word from Polish -ywać →