drake

drake · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énh₂ts
2. Proto-Germanic*anadz
3. Proto-West Germanic*anad
4. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
6. Proto-Germanic*rekô
7. Proto-West Germanic*rekō
8. Proto-West Germanic*anadrekō
9. Old English*draca?
10. Proto-West Germanic*anadrekō
11. Old Saxon*anadrako
12. Middle Low Germandrâkebor.?
13. Middle Englishdrake
14. English todaydrake

From Middle English drake (“male duck, drake”), either from Old English *draca, *andraca (“male duck, drake”) or from Middle Low German drâke, andrâke, from Proto-West Germanic *anadrekō (“drake”, literally “duck leader”). Cognate with Low German drake (“drake”), Dutch draak (“drake”), German Enterich (“drake”). More at annet.

drake · noun²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδράκων“serpent, giant seafish”
2. Latin · derived fromdracō“dragon”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*drakō“dragon”
4. Old English · inherited fromdraca“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”
5. Middle English · inherited fromdrake“dragon; Satan”
6. English todaydrake

From Middle English drake (“dragon; Satan”), from Old English draca (“dragon, sea monster, huge serpent”), from Proto-West Germanic *drakō (“dragon”), from Latin dracō (“dragon”), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn, “serpent, giant seafish”), from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see clearly”). Compare Middle Dutch drake and German Drache. Doublet of Draco, Dracon, dracone, dragon, and dragoon.

Drake · proper noun³

1. Low German · derived fromdrake“dragon”
2. English todayDrake

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun drake meaning "male duck" and "dragon." * As a German surname, from Low German drake (“dragon”), related to the above. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized/West Flemish variant of Draak, also related to the above.

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