Where does “trappa” come from?

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

trappa (Faroese): stairs, stairway

Definitions

  1. stairs, stairway

Ancestry of “trappa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrappestair, step
2Old Saxon*trappa—
3Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →Every word from Old Saxon *trappa →Every word from Middle Low German trappe →
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