Where does “Drachenviereck” come from?

Drachenviereck (German) comes from German Drache, from Middle High German trache, from Old High German trahho, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

Drachenviereck (German): kite (geometry)

Definitions

  1. kite (geometry)

Ancestry of “Drachenviereck”, step by step

Drachenviereck traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Drache

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDrachedragon
2Middle High Germantrache—
3Old High Germantrahhodragon
4Proto-Germanicdrakō—
5LatinDracō—
6Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
7Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
8Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

via German Viereck

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanViereckquadrangle, quadrilateral
2Germanvierfour
3Middle High Germanvier—
4Old High Germanfiorfour
5Proto-West Germanicfeuwarfour
6Proto-Germanicfedwōrfour
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →