Where does “træppe” come from?

træppe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

træppe (Old English): a trap

Definitions

  1. a trap

Ancestry of “træppe”, step by step

træppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic trap-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanictrap-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

via Proto-West Germanic *trappjā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*trappjā—
2Proto-Germanic*trappjan—

Words derived from “træppe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trap- →