Where does “trap-” come from?

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

Ancestry of “trap-”, step by step

trap- traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European dreb-

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

via Proto-Indo-European drem-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandrem-to run

via Proto-Indo-European dremb-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeandremb-—

Words derived from “trap-”

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