The story
- Old English · inherited fromeorþdraca
- Middle English · inherited from*erthedrake
- English todayearth-drake
From Middle English *erthedrake, from Old English eorþdraca, equivalent to earth + drake (“dragon”).
Words from the same roots
Middle English*erthedrake all →
Old Englisheorþdraca all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.