Where does “trapp” come from?

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

trapp (Swedish): stairs, stairway, staircase, steps; any species...

Definitions

  1. stairs, stairway, staircase, steps; any species...

Ancestry of “trapp”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trapp

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *trappāEvery word from Old Saxon *trappaEvery word from Middle Low German trappe