Where does “Trap” come from?

Trap (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German trappe, from Old Saxon *trappa, from Proto-West Germanic *trappā — staircase, stairs.

Trap (Plautdietsch): stairs, steps

Definitions

  1. stairs, steps

Ancestry of “Trap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantrappestair, step
2Old Saxon*trappa—
3Proto-West Germanic*trappāstaircase, stairs
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappā →Every word from Old Saxon *trappa →Every word from Middle Low German trappe →