köken: From Middle High German valle, Old High German falla, deverbal from fallen. Compare typologically Czech past, Polish zapadnia, Russian западня́ (zapadnjá) (akin to па́дать (pádatʹ), па́сть (pástʹ)).
to grab (to take with a swift movement with e.g. one's hand or a tool) · to catch (to stop a falling or moving object) · to catch, to capture, to grab, to nab, to get (to stop an animal and prevent it from escaping)
çekim: geçmiş łapano · şimdiki łapie
eş: chwytać
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *lapati Old Polish łapać Polish łapać Inherited from Old Polish łapać.
köken: From Proto-Finnic *ansa (compare Estonian aas), borrowed from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ansā (compare Old Prussian ansis (“hook, latch”), Latvian osa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂emseh₂ (compare Latin ānsa (“handle”)).
trap (a machine or other device designed to catch and sometimes kill animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body) · trap, snare, setup, trick (an arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense)
köken: From Proto-Italic *lakʷ- (“to ensnare”), with no certain cognates in any other Indo-European languages; possibly Proto-Indo-European *leh₁k- (“string, twig, tendril”). Alternative theories link the word to Proto-Balto-Slavic *lénktei (“to bend; to twine”).