Etymology Explorer › Swedish

Where does “drag” come from?

drag (Swedish) comes from Scottish Gaelic dragh, from Old Norse drag.

drag (Swedish): feature, trait, characteristic; lure, trolling...

Definitions

  1. feature, trait, characteristic; lure, trolling...

Ancestry of “drag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicdraghannoyance, trouble, bother; worry, anxiety
2Old Norsedrag—

Words derived from “drag”

  • indrag
  • avdrag
Every word from Old Norse drag →