Where does “rampa” come from?
rampa (Czech) comes from German Rampe, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa, from Proto-Germanic hrempaną — to cut, cut off, sever.
rampa (Czech): platform, ramp, pad
Definitions
- platform, ramp, pad
Ancestry of “rampa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Rampe | ramp |
| 2 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 3 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 4 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 5 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 6 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 7 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |