Where does “trappa” come from?

trappa (Medieval Latin) 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...

Ancestry of “trappa”, step by step

trappa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish trappa

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

via Old English træppe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtræppea trap
2Proto-West Germanic*trappjā—
3Proto-Germanic*trappjan—

Words derived from “trappa”

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