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Where does “*drėg” come from?

*drėg (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Proto-Celtic *drakū, from Latin Dracō, from Ancient Greek Δράκων, from Ancient Greek δέρκομαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dérkomai.

Ancestry of “*drėg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*drakū—
2LatinDracō—
3Ancient GreekΔράκων—
4Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
5Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai—
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