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Where does “ха́пнуть” come from?
ха́пнуть (Russian) comes from Russian хапать, from Proto-Slavic xāpàti — seize.
Ancestry of “ха́пнуть”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Russian
хапать
to grab (quickly); to steal; to take (from someone unlawfully)
2
Proto-Slavic
xāpàti
seize
Words derived from “ха́пнуть”
хапануть
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