draak
Dutch (Brabantic)
/draːk/
noun
Definitions
- dragon (a legendary large winged serpentine creature)
- a derogatory term for a woman, often considered large and ugly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch drāke inherited from Old Dutch *drako derived from Latin dracō (dragon, serpent, snake).
Origin
Latin
dracō
Gloss
dragon, serpent, snake
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
竜
Emoji
🐲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drake English
- earth-drake English
- earthdrake English
- firedrake English
- icedrake English
- draconigena Latin
- dracunculus Latin
- dracō Latin
- drago Italian
- drakenvrucht Dutch, Flemish
- poel Dutch, Flemish
- poeldraak Dutch, Flemish
- vrucht Dutch, Flemish
- dragon French
- drago Spanish, Castilian
- δράκων Ancient Greek
- δρᾰ́κων Ancient Greek
- drake Middle English
- dragon Old French
- drac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- drake Middle Dutch
- drāke Middle Dutch
- drakons Latvian
- dragán Old Irish
- draic Old Irish
- draak Afrikaans
- dreq Albanian
- *drakō gmw-pro
- *drako Old Dutch
- *kʷennom Proto-Celtic
- drac Aromanian
- dracu Aromanian
- drac Occitan
- dragun Maltese
- drâc Friulian
- drac Old Occitan
- draak Western Frisian
- dragu Sicilian
- *drakī Proto-Brythonic
- drac Megleno-Romanian