Where does “drăcie” come from?

drăcie (Romanian) comes from Romanian ie, from German Ja, from Middle High German ja, from Old High German jā, from Proto-West Germanic jā, from Proto-Germanic ja, from Proto-Indo-European yē — already.

drăcie (Romanian): devilry, devilish trickery, witchcraft, charms

Definitions

  1. devilry, devilish trickery, witchcraft, charms

Ancestry of “drăcie”, step by step

drăcie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianietraditional Romanian embroidered blouse; the...
2GermanJaa yes
3Middle High Germanja
4Old High German
5Proto-West Germanicyes; thus, so
6Proto-Germanicjayes; thus, so
7Proto-Indo-Europeanalready

via Romanian drac

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romaniandracdevil
2LatinDracō
3Ancient GreekΔράκωνDraco
4Ancient Greekδέρκομαιto see, see clearly; to watch; to live
5Proto-Hellenic*dérkomai

Words derived from “drăcie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic jaEvery word from Proto-West Germanic