trap
Afrikaans
/trap/
noun
Definitions
- stairs, staircase
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish trap (kick, stair, stairs, ladder) inherited from Middle Dutch trappe (snare, trap) inherited from Old Dutch *trappa inherited from Proto-Germanic *trappō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*trappō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aftrap Dutch, Flemish
- doeltrap Dutch, Flemish
- draaitrap Dutch, Flemish
- huishoudtrap Dutch, Flemish
- keukentrap Dutch, Flemish
- meertrapsraket Dutch, Flemish
- parterretrap Dutch, Flemish
- roltrap Dutch, Flemish
- spindeltrap Dutch, Flemish
- trap Dutch, Flemish
- traphek Dutch, Flemish
- traplift Dutch, Flemish
- trappen Dutch, Flemish
- trappenhuis Dutch, Flemish
- trappenpiramide Dutch, Flemish
- trappiramide Dutch, Flemish
- trapslang Dutch, Flemish
- traptrede Dutch, Flemish
- traptree Dutch, Flemish
- trapveer Dutch, Flemish
- wenteltrap Dutch, Flemish
- windeltrap Dutch, Flemish
- трап Russian
- *drem-, *dremb- Proto-Indo-European
- *trappō Proto-Germanic
- タラップ Japanese
- trappe Middle Dutch
- wentel Afrikaans
- wenteltrap Afrikaans
- *trappa Old Dutch