Where does “draġan” come from?

draġan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic dragan, from Proto-Germanic draganą, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- — pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide.

draġan (Old English): to draw, drag

Definitions

  1. to draw, drag

Ancestry of “draġan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicdraganto haul, to carry
2Proto-Germanicdraganąto draw, to pull, to carry
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreǵ-pull, draw, drag; to glide, swoop; to draw, glide

Words derived from “draġan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic draganą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic dragan →