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): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “drage”, step by step

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