Where does “lohikäärme” come from?

lohikäärme (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish floghdraki, from Icelandic flugdreki, from Icelandic dreki, from Old Norse dreki, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι.

lohikäärme (Finnish): dragon, drake; wyvern

Definitions

  1. dragon, drake; wyvern

Ancestry of “lohikäärme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishfloghdrakiflying snake
2Icelandicflugdrekikite
3Icelandicdrekidragon
4Old Norsedrekidragon
5Proto-Germanicdrakō—
6LatinDracō—
7Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
8Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
9Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

Words derived from “lohikäärme”

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