Where does “trappe” come from?

trappe (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā — staircase, stairs.

trappe (Middle Low German): stair, step

Definitions

  1. stair, step

Ancestry of “trappe”, step by step

trappe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon *trappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*trappa
2Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs

via Old Saxon trappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxontrappa

Words derived from “trappe

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappāEvery word from Old Saxon *trappa