Proto-Germanic: *trim=, *tramu-z
Meaning: cross-beam (of a ladder)
Old English: trem, trym `Fusstapfe'
Middle Dutch: trame `balk'; treme `sport, dwarsstang'
Dutch: treem m., f. `sport van een ladder; steunbalk'; dial. tram, traam `balk'
Middle Low German: trāme `Sprosse einer Leiter, Treppe'
Middle High German: drām(e), trām(e) wk./st. m. 'balke, riegel; stück, splitter'
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