Where does “trap(p)a” come from?
trap(p)a (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā.
Ancestry of “trap(p)a”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | trappe | stair, step |
| 2 | Old Saxon | *trappa | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *trappā | — |
Words derived from “trap(p)a”