Where does “trappe” come from?
trappe (Middle English) comes from Old English træppe, from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
trappe (Middle English): trap
Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | træppe | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | trap- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dreb- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
Words derived from “trappe”