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Where does “lohikäärmepuu” come from?

lohikäärmepuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lohikäärme, 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.

lohikäärmepuu (Finnish): dragon tree

Definitions

  1. dragon tree

Ancestry of “lohikäärmepuu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohikäärmedragon, drake; wyvern
2Old Swedishfloghdrakiflying snake
3Icelandicflugdrekikite
4Icelandicdrekidragon
5Old Norsedreki—
6Proto-Germanicdrakō—
7LatinDracō—
8Ancient GreekΔράκων—
9Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
10Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
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