Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (Danish) comes from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā — staircase, stairs.

trappe (Danish): stairs, stairway; bustard

Definitions

  1. stairs, stairway; bustard

Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrappestair, step
2Old Saxon*trappa—
3Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs

Words derived from “trappe”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →Every word from Old Saxon *trappa →Every word from Middle Low German trappe →