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

Definitions

  1. to arrest

Ancestry of “ухапсити”, step by step

ухапсити traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian хапсити

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianхапситиto arrest
2Serbo-Croatianха̏псprison, confinement, situation of arrest
3Ottoman Turkishحبسimprisonment, confinement; prison, jail;...
4Arabicحَبْسconfinement

via Serbo-Croatian у

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianуin, at; to, into; on, in, at, during
2Proto-Slavicvъ(n)in, inside, within; in, into, inside; at
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁n̥—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Arabic حَبْس →Every word from Ottoman Turkish حبس →Every word from Serbo-Croatian ха̏пс →