Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Resistance of a fluid to something moving through it. · Any force acting in opposition to the motion of an object. · A device dragged along the bottom of a body of water in search of something, e.g. a dead body, or in fishing. · A systematic search for someone over a wide area, especially by the authorities; a dragnet.
To pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty. · To proceed heavily, laboriously, or slowly; to advance with weary effort; to go on lingeringly. · To act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant. · To draw along (something burdensome); hence, to pass in pain or with difficulty.
Dragged on; unnecessary or superfluous, especially for an already settled issue; too much.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰrógʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *draganą Proto-West Germanic *dragan Old English dragan Middle English dragen Middle English draggen Low German draggeinflu. English drag From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”). Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.
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- Inherited-form mentiondraggenenm
- Inherited-form mentiondragenenm
- Inherited-form mentiondraganang
- Derivation mentiondraganon
- Inherited-form mention*draganągem-pro
- Derivation mention*dʰregʰ-ine-pro
- Cognate mentiondraggends
- Cognate mentiondræggeda
- Cognate mentiondrageda
- Cognate mentiondraggasv
- Cognate mentiondragasv
- Cognate mentiondragais
- Doublet mentiondrawen
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