Where does “ramper” come from?

ramper (Old French) comes from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa, from Proto-Germanic hrempaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.

ramper (Old French): to climb; to ascend; to go up

Definitions

  1. to climb; to ascend; to go up

Ancestry of “ramper”, step by step

ramper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Frankish rampōn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishrampōn—
2Frankishrampa—
3Proto-Germanichrempanąto bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)kreb-to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)ker-to cut off; to turn, bend
6Proto-Indo-Europeansek-to cut, cut off, sever

via Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hrimpanąto wrinkle, to fold

Words derived from “ramper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sek- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb- →