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