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Where does “drage” come from?

drage (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish drage, from Old Danish draghæ, from Old East Norse *draki, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

drage (Norwegian Bokmål): a dragon; a kite; form removed with the ;...

Definitions

  1. a dragon; a kite; form removed with the ;...

Ancestry of “drage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishdragedragon; drake; kite
2Old Danishdraghæ—
3Old East Norse*draki—
4Proto-Germanicdrakō—
5LatinDracō—
6Ancient GreekΔράκων—
7Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
8Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →