Where does “dragging” come from?
Dragging is the present participle of drag, which comes from Old English dragan meaning to draw or pull.
dragging (English): An instance of something being dragged; present...
Definitions
- An instance of something being dragged; present...
Ancestry of “dragging”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 2 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 3 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 4 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |