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”).[1]

Noun

*trappā f

staircase, stairs
Synonym: *staigri
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
        → 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
    - → Arawak: taráfo
    - → Indonesian: terap
    - → Japanese: タラップ (tarappu)
    - → Russian: трап (trap)
    - → Sranan Tongo: trapu, trappo
      - → Aukan: taapu
      - → Galibi Carib: 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)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959), “dreb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 204

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[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959), “dreb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 204