drake
English
/dɹeɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A male duck.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English drake (male duck, Satan, drake, dragon) inherited from Old English *draca, *andraca (drake, duck-king, male duck) derived from *anadrekō (duck leader).
Origin
*anadrekō
Gloss
duck leader
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earth English
- earth-drake English
- earthdrake English
- fire English
- firedrake English
- ice English
- icedrake English
- Ente German
- Enterich German
- draak Dutch, Flemish
- drakenvrucht Dutch, Flemish
- poeldraak Dutch, Flemish
- dragão Portuguese
- *andraca Old English
- *draca Old English
- *erthedrake Middle English
- drake Middle English
- firdrake Middle English
- drāke Middle Dutch
- draak Afrikaans
- *anadrekō gmw-pro
- dragon Old Portuguese