Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (Middle French) comes from Old French trape, from Medieval Latin trappa, 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 “trappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtrapetrap; hiding place
2Medieval Latintrappa—
3Frankishtrappatrap, snare
4Proto-Germanictrap-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
6Proto-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- →