Where does “pirodraga” come from?
pirodraga (Italian) comes from Italian draga, from Italian dragare, from French draguer, from English dragger, from English drag, from Yiddish טראָגן, from Middle High German tragen, from Old High German tragan — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
pirodraga (Italian): steam dredger
Definitions
- steam dredger
Ancestry of “pirodraga”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | draga | dredger; dredge; third-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | dragare | to dredge |
| 3 | French | draguer | to dredge (to make a channel wider or deeper) |
| 4 | English | dragger | Something that drags; A trawler; One who takes... |
| 5 | English | drag | Resistance of a fluid to something moving through... |
| 6 | Yiddish | טראָגן | carry; wear |
| 7 | Middle High German | tragen | to bear, to carry |
| 8 | Old High German | tragan | to bear; to bear fruit |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |