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)).
a fall (act or event of falling) · a downfall, demise
çekim: çoğul vallen
köken: From Middle Dutch val, from Old Dutch *fal, from Proto-West Germanic *fall, from Proto-Germanic *fallaz. Equivalent to a deverbal from vallen (“to fall”).
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 *tenos, from Proto-Indo-European *ténos, from *ten- (“to stretch, draw”). Cognate with Sanskrit तनस् (tánas), Ancient Greek *τένος (*ténos) (attested in ἀτενής (atenḗs)), also with German Dohne which has the same meaning. More at teneō (“hold, grasp”). Compare typologically Ancient Greek πάγη (págē) (< Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-).