Etymology Explorer › Norwegian Bokmål

Where does “trampe” come from?

trampe (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Low German trampen, from Old Saxon trampan, from Proto-West Germanic trampan, from Proto-Germanic trampaną, from Proto-Indo-European drem- — to run.

trampe (Norwegian Bokmål): to stamp; to tramp; to trample

Definitions

  1. to stamp; to tramp; to trample

Ancestry of “trampe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrampento stamp
2Old Saxontrampan—
3Proto-West Germanictrampanto step
4Proto-Germanictrampaną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European drem- →