Where does “rampe” come from?
rampe (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa, from Proto-Germanic hrempaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb- — to cut, cut off, sever.
rampe (Norwegian Nynorsk): a ramp
Definitions
- a ramp
Ancestry of “rampe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 2 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 3 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 4 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 5 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 6 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |