Where does “כאַפּעניש” come from?

כאַפּעניש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish כאַפּן, from Polish chapać, from Proto-Slavic xāpàti — seize.

כאַפּעניש (Yiddish): rush, haste

Definitions

  1. rush, haste

Ancestry of “כאַפּעניש”, step by step

כאַפּעניש traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish כאַפּן

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

via Yiddish עניש

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishעניש—
Every word from Proto-Slavic xāpàti →Every word from Polish chapać →Every word from Yiddish כאַפּן →