Where does “drekafluga” come from?
drekafluga (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic dreki, from Old Norse dreki, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.
drekafluga (Icelandic): dragonfly
Definitions
- dragonfly
Ancestry of “drekafluga”, step by step
drekafluga traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic dreki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | dreki | dragon |
| 2 | Old Norse | dreki | dragon |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | drakō | — |
| 4 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |
via Icelandic fluga
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | fluga | fly; indefinite genitive plural of flug; m |
| 2 | Old Norse | fluga | fly |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | flugǭ | flying insect, fly |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fleuganą | to fly |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |