Where does “trappola” come from?

trappola (Italian) comes from Frankish trappa, from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

trappola (Italian): trap, snare, catch

Definitions

  1. trap, snare, catch

Ancestry of “trappola”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trappola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trap- →
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