Where does “trapp” come from?

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

trapp (Norwegian Nynorsk): stairs, stairway, staircase, steps

Definitions

  1. stairs, stairway, staircase, steps

Ancestry of “trapp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrappestair, step
2Old Saxon*trappa—
3Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs

Words derived from “trapp”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →Every word from Old Saxon *trappa →Every word from Middle Low German trappe →
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