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Where does “drager” come from?

drager (Danish) comes from Danish drage, from Old Danish draghæ, from Old East Norse *draki, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

drager (Danish): porter; present tense of drage; indefinite plural...

Definitions

  1. porter; present tense of drage; indefinite plural...

Ancestry of “drager”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdragedragon; drake; kite
2Old Danishdraghæ—
3Old East Norse*draki—
4Proto-Germanicdrakō—
5LatinDracō—
6Ancient GreekΔράκων—
7Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
8Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

Words derived from “drager”

  • sværddrager
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →