Etymology Explorer › Old Swedish

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

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

Words derived from “trap(p)a”

  • rappukäytävä
  • rappu
  • trappa
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →