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Where does “trippel” come from?

trippel (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Latin triplex, from Latin -plex, from Latin plicō, from Proto-Indo-European pleḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

trippel (Norwegian Nynorsk): triple

Definitions

  1. triple

Ancestry of “trippel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintriplextriple, threefold
2Latin-plex-fold
3Latinplicō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleḱ-to fold, plait, weave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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