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English word drake comes from Proto-Germanic *anudz (Duck.), Proto-Indo-European *rek-, Ancient Greek δράκων
*anudz (Proto-Germanic)
Duck.
*rek- (Proto-Indo-European)
δράκων (Ancient Greek)
*raką (Proto-Germanic)
draco (Latin)
(ecclesiastic) The Devil.. A dragon; a kind of snake or serpent.. The astronomical constellation Draco, in Latin also called Anguis or Serpens. The standard of a Roman cohort, shaped like an Egyptian crocodile ('dragon') head.
*drakô (Proto-Germanic)
Dragon.
*anudrekô (Proto-Germanic)
Male duck, drake.
draca (Old English)
Dragon.
*andraca (Old English)
*draca (Old English)
drake (Middle English)
drake (English)
A male duck.