Etymograph

English

khvat

Khvat comes from Yiddish כוואַט ‘a plucky, daring person’, from Russian хвата́ть ‘to catch, to grip, to grasp’, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic *xvatъ.

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xvatъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xvatiti‘to grasp, to grab, to catch’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xvatati‘to grasp, catch, grab’reconstructed
  4. Old East Slavicmodernхватати
  5. Russianmodernхвата́тьxvatátʹ‘to catch, to grip, to grasp’
  6. Russian, derivedmodernхват‘energetic or daring person’
  7. Yiddishmodernכוואַטkhvat‘a plucky, daring person’
  8. Englishtodaykhvat

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*xvatъreconstructed
  2. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xvatiti‘to grasp, to grab, to catch’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*xvatati‘to grasp, catch, grab’reconstructed
  4. Old East Slavicmodernхватати
  5. Russianmodernхвата́тьxvatátʹ‘to catch, to grip, to grasp’
  6. Russian, derivedmodernхват‘energetic or daring person’
  7. Yiddishmodernכוואַטkhvat‘a plucky, daring person’
  8. Englishtodaykhvat

Every English word from Proto-Slavic *xvatъ

Today it means

noun A boy or lad; a rascal.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Slavic *xvatъ / khvat

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