Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā — staircase, stairs.

trappe (Middle Dutch): trap, snare

Definitions

  1. trap, snare

Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchtrappastep
2Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs

Words derived from “trappe”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →