Reconstruction:Old Norse/draki

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Alternative forms

  • dreki (“Old West Norse”)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drakō. Compare Old English draca, Old High German trache, Middle Low German drake. The form found as Old Swedish draki in Codex Bureanus (14th c.). Compare Old Danish draghæ.

Noun

*draki m

  1. (Old East Norse) dragon
    Synonyms: ormr, snákr, naðr
  2. (Old East Norse) based on cognates: dragonship, longship

Descendants

  • Norwegian Nynorsk: drake; (dialectal) draki (drakkji)
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: drake
  • Old Danish: drake, draghæ
    • Danish: drage
      • Norwegian Bokmål: drage
      • → Norwegian Nynorsk: (dialectal) drage m (dragje), draga f
  • Old Swedish: draki
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