Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/trappā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

A nominal formation from Proto-Indo-European *dreb- (“to tread, step”), related to *trappōn (“to trample”); see there for more. The above root has been tentatively connected to Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).

*trappā f

1. staircase, stairs

   Synonym: *staigri

2. a step, stair

   Synonym: *stapi

• *trappijan
  • Old English: treppan, trepan
    • Middle English: trappen
• *trappōn

• >? Old English: træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”)
  • Middle English: trappe, trap, trape
    • English: trap
    • Middle Scots: trap, trape, trop
      • Scots: trap
    • Yola: traaps
• Old Frisian: trappe
  • Saterland Frisian: trappe
  • West Frisian: trep, treppe
• Old Saxon: *trappa
  • Middle Low German: trappe, treppe
    • German Low German: Trappe, Trapp
    • → Estonian: trepp
    • → Danish: trappe
    • → Faroese: trappa
    • → Icelandic: trappa
    • → Norwegian: tropp
    • → Old Swedish: trapa, trappa
      • Swedish: trappa
        • → Finnish: rappu, trappu (dialectal)
          • → Ingrian: trappu (from earlier trappu)
• Old Dutch: *trappa
  • Middle Dutch: trap, trappe
    • Dutch: trap
      • Afrikaans: trap
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: trapu
      • Jersey Dutch: trāp
      • Negerhollands: trap
      • → Indonesian: terap
      • → Japanese: タラップ (tarappu)
      • → Korean: 트랩 (teuraep)
      • → Lokono: taráfo
      • → Russian: трап (trap)
      • → Sinhalese: තරප්පුව (tarappuwa)
      • → Sranan Tongo: trapu, trappo
        • → Aukan: taapu
        • → Kari'na: tarapu
      • → Warao: tarabha, taraja
• Old High German: trappa
  • Middle High German: treppe, trappe
    • Alemannic German: Treppe
      • Swabian: Treppa
    • German: Treppe
• → Medieval Latin: trappa, trapa (“trap, pit”) (see there for further descendants)