English
Foxtrap
From fox + trap.
Proto-Indo-European *púḱsos ‘the tailed one’
Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz ‘fox’
Proto-West Germanic *fuhs
Old English fox ‘fox’
Middle English fox
English fox
Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- ‘to step, trip, trample’
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Proto-West Germanic *trappjan ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *trappjā ‘trap, snare’
Old English træppe ‘trap, snare’
Middle English trappe
English trap
Today it means
name A neighbourhood of Conception Bay South, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Foxtrap