Where does “dragkamp” come from?
dragkamp (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål dra, 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.
dragkamp (Norwegian Bokmål): a tug of war; a struggle
Ancestry of “dragkamp”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dra | to draw; pull; drag; to leave; depart; go |
| 2 | Danish | drage | dragon; drake; kite |
| 3 | Old Danish | draghæ | — |
| 4 | Old East Norse | *draki | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drakō | — |
| 6 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |