happer

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. to snatch by the mouth, to snap up (typically of animals)
2. to grab, to seize
3. (colloquial) to strike forcefully
4. (colloquial) to catch off guard; take by surprise

Hevwate

saisir

empoigner

attraper

🪤

rafler

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/a.pe/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle French mîras hatiye girtin: happer

Ji Old French mîras hatiye girtin: happer

Hevwate bi Middle Dutch: happen

Hevwate bi holendî: happen

Hevwate bi Middle Dutch: haperen

Hevwate bi holendî: haperen

Hevwate bi almanî: Happen

In summary

Inherited from Middle French happer, haper, from Old French happer, haper (“to seize, snap up”), of obscure origin. Possibly onomatopoeic. Alternatively, of Germanic origin, either from Proto-West Germanic *happā (“hook, clasp”), or related to Middle Dutch happen (“to snap, bite”) (whence modern Dutch happen), Middle Dutch haperen (“to stammer, quarrel”) (whence modern Dutch haperen), German Low German happen (“to snatch something up, grab”), German Happen (“morsel, snack”).