dreimire

a ladder, Irish dréimire, Early Irish dréimm, ascent, vb. dringim, Welsh dringo, scandere, *drengô. Bezzenberger compares the Norse drangr, an up-standing rock (cf. cliff and climb. The root dreg of dreimire has also been compared to German treppe, staircase, English tramp. See dream, people, "goers". Irish ag dreim, advancing.