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Where does “Trap” come from?

Trap (Luxembourgish) 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...

Trap (Luxembourgish): stair, step; staircase

Definitions

  1. stair, step; staircase

Ancestry of “Trap”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Trap”

  • Trapegelänner
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