dray
English
/dɹeɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A low horse-drawn cart, often without sides, and used especially for heavy loads.
- A kind of sledge or sled.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English draye inherited from Old English dræġe (dragnet) inherited from Proto-Germanic *dragǭ.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*dragǭ
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drag English
- dragnet English
- drayage English
- drayman English
- net English
- *draganą Proto-Germanic
- *dragǭ Proto-Germanic
- ドラグネット Japanese
- bedragan Old English
- dragan Old English
- drægnet Old English
- drægnett Old English
- dræġe Old English
- utdragan Old English
- dragen Middle English
- drawen Middle English
- draye Middle English
- draynet Middle English
- draga Old Norse
- wally Scots