Where does “ухапсити” come from?
ухапсити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian хапсити, from Serbo-Croatian ха̏пс, from Ottoman Turkish حبس, from Arabic حَبْس — confinement.
ухапсити (Serbo-Croatian): to arrest
Ancestry of “ухапсити”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | хапсити | to arrest |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | ха̏пс | — |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | حبس | imprisonment, confinement; prison, jail;... |
| 4 | Arabic | حَبْس | confinement |