Where does “dragen” come from?
dragen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon dragan, from Proto-Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.
Ancestry of “dragen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Saxon | dragan | to go, to travel |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | dragan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | draganą | to draw, to pull, to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreǵ- | pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide |