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
Definitions
- a tug of war; a struggle
Ancestry of “dragkamp”, step by step
dragkamp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål dra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | dra | to draw; pull; drag; to leave; depart; go |
| 2 | Danish | drage | dragon; drake; kite |
| 3 | Old Danish | draghæ | dragon |
| 4 | Old East Norse | *draki | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drakō | — |
| 6 | Latin | Dracō | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δράκων | Draco |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δέρκομαι | to see, see clearly; to watch; to live |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *dérkomai | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål kamp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kamp | a fight; a battle; a match |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kamp | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kamp | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kamp | field; battle |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |