Where does “אויסכאַפּן” come from?

אויסכאַפּן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אויס, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

אויסכאַפּן (Yiddish): to snatch up, wrest away

Definitions

  1. to snatch up, wrest away

Ancestry of “אויסכאַפּן”, step by step

אויסכאַפּן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אויס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויסover, finished
2Old High Germanūzout
3Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Yiddish כאַפּן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכאַפּןto catch, grab; to snag, capture; to realize
2Polishchapaćto snatch, to snap at
3Proto-Slavicxāpàtiseize

Words derived from “אויסכאַפּן”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European úd →Every word from Proto-Germanic ūt →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt →
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