Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (Middle High German) comes 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

trappe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic trap-

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

via Proto-Slavic dropъty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicdropъty—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandreh₂-run; to run, escape

Words derived from “trappe”

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