Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (German) comes from Middle High German trappe, from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

trappe (German): bustard

Definitions

  1. bustard

Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step

trappe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German trappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantrappe—
2Proto-Germanictrap-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

via Polish drop

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishdropbustard; a bird belonging to the family Otididae,...
2Proto-Slavic*dropь—

Words derived from “trappe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →