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.

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).^[1]

*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
    • English: trap
• 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)
      • → Lokono: taráfo
      • → Russian: трап (trap)
      • → 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)

• Guus Kroonen (2013) “*trappōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 520-521