Where does “טרעפּ” come from?

טרעפּ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German treppe, from Old High German trappa, from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

טרעפּ (Yiddish): (flight of) stairs

Definitions

  1. (flight of) stairs

Ancestry of “טרעפּ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germantreppe—
2Old High Germantrappa—
3Proto-Germanictrap-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from “טרעפּ”

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