Where does “draghæ” come from?

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

draghæ (Old Danish): dragon

Definitions

  1. dragon

Ancestry of “draghæ”, step by step

draghæ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old East Norse *draki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Norse*draki—
2Proto-Germanicdrakō—
3LatinDracō—
4Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
5Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
6Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—

via Old Norse draga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsedragato draw, drag, pull
2Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide

Words derived from “draghæ”

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai →Every word from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι →Every word from Ancient Greek Δράκων →