Where does “drog” come from?

drog (Swedish) comes from French drogue, from Middle French drogue, from Old French drogue, from Old French drocgue, from Middle Dutch drôge, from Old Dutch drōgi, from Proto-West Germanic *draugī, from Proto-Germanic draugiz — to support; to hold.

drog (Swedish): a drug, a narcotic

Definitions

  1. a drug, a narcotic

Ancestry of “drog”, step by step

drog traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French drogue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdroguedrug
2Middle Frenchdroguedrug
3Old Frenchdrogue—
4Old Frenchdrocgue—
5Middle Dutchdrôgedry
6Old Dutchdrōgidry
7Proto-West Germanic*draugīdry
8Proto-Germanicdraugizhard, solid; dry
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerǵʰ-to strengthen; to strengthen; become hard; to...
10Proto-Indo-Europeandʰer-to support; to hold

via Manx drogh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxdroghbad, evil, wicked; Eclipsed form of trogh
2Old Irishdrochbad; wheel; circlet
3Proto-Celticdrukosbad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrewgʰ-to deceive, to mislead; to serve one's tribe;...
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrew-to mislead; to deceive, mislead; to crumble,...

via Swedish handel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhandeltrade, commerce; the commercial exchange of...
2Low GermanHandel—

Words derived from “drog”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰerǵʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic draugiz →