Where does “treppe” come from?

treppe (Middle High German) comes from Old High German 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 “treppe”, step by step

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

Words derived from “treppe”

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