Where does “trappa” come from?
trappa (Faroese) comes from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā.
trappa (Faroese): stairs, stairway
Ancestry of “trappa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Low German | trappe | stair, step |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *trappa | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *trappā | — |