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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).

Noun

*trappā f

1. staircase, stairs

   Synonym: *staigri

2. a step, stair

   Synonym: *stapi

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*trappā
Genitive	*trappōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*trappā	*trappōn
Accusative	*trappōn	*trappōn
Genitive	*trappōn	*trappōnō
Dative	*trappōn	*trappōm, *trappum
Instrumental	*trappōn	*trappōm, *trappum

Derived terms

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

Descendants

• >? 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
    • → 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”) [1080] (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

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