Where does “כליפּען” come from?

כליפּען (Yiddish) comes from Polish chlipać, from Proto-Slavic *chlipati.

כליפּען (Yiddish): to sob

Definitions

  1. to sob

Ancestry of “כליפּען”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchlipaćto lap, to lap up
2Proto-Slavic*chlipati—

Words derived from “כליפּען”

Every word from Proto-Slavic *chlipati →Every word from Polish chlipać →