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Where does “čapati” come from?

čapati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic čapati — to seize, to pick.

čapati (Serbo-Croatian): to grab, snatch

Definitions

  1. to grab, snatch

Ancestry of “čapati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicčapatito seize, to pick
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