Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/trappā
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *drem- (“to run”).[1]
Noun[edit]
*trappā f
Inflection[edit]
| 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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- >? Old English: træppe, treppe (“trap, snare”)
- Old Frisian: trappe
- Old Saxon: *trappa
- Old Dutch: *trappa
- Old High German: trappa
- → Medieval Latin: trappa, trapa (“trap, pit”) [1080] (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*trappōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 520-521
References[edit]
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dreb-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 204