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

Definitions

  1. trap

Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trappe”

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