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Where does “dragan” come from?

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

dragan (Old Saxon): to go, to travel

Definitions

  1. to go, to travel

Ancestry of “dragan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dragan”

  • dragen
  • draghen
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