Where does “צוכאַפּן” come from?

צוכאַפּן (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish צו, from Old High German zuo, from Proto-West Germanic *tō, from Proto-Germanic tō, from Proto-Indo-European de — Emphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

צוכאַפּן (Yiddish): to snatch away

Definitions

  1. to snatch away

Ancestry of “צוכאַפּן”, step by step

צוכאַפּן traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish צו

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishצוto; too
2Old High Germanzuoto
3Proto-West Germanic*tō—
4Proto-Germanictōto
5Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

via Yiddish כאַפּן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishכאַפּןto catch, grab; to snag, capture; to realize
2Polishchapaćto snatch, to snap at
3Proto-Slavicxāpàtiseize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European de →Every word from Proto-Germanic tō →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *tō →