Where does “sværddrager” come from?
sværddrager (Danish) comes from Danish drager, 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.
sværddrager (Danish): swordbearer; swordtail
Definitions
- swordbearer; swordtail
Ancestry of “sværddrager”, step by step
sværddrager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish drager
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | drager | porter; present tense of drage; indefinite plural... |
| 2 | Danish | drage | dragon; drake; kite |
| 3 | Old Danish | draghæ | dragon |
| 4 | Old East Norse | *draki | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drakō | — |
| 6 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |