Where does “traakkipuu” come from?

traakkipuu (Finnish) comes from Finnish traakki, from Swedish drake, from Old Swedish draki, from Old East Norse *draki, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι.

traakkipuu (Finnish): dragon tree

Definitions

  1. dragon tree

Ancestry of “traakkipuu”, step by step

traakkipuu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish traakki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtraakkiwyvern
2Swedishdrakedragon; kite; a male duck, drake
3Old Swedishdrakidragon
4Old East Norse*draki—
5Proto-Germanicdrakō—
6LatinDracō—
7Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
8Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
9Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood

Words derived from “traakkipuu”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →