Where does “drake” come from?

drake (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk drake, from Middle Low German drake, from Proto-Germanic drakō, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

drake (Norwegian Bokmål): a dragon; a kite

Definitions

  1. a dragon; a kite

Ancestry of “drake”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskdrakea dragon; a kite; a type of longship decorated...
2Middle Low Germandrake—
3Proto-Germanicdrakō—
4LatinDracō—
5Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
6Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
7Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →