floghdraki
التعريفات والمعاني
== Old Swedish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
flughdraki
=== Etymology ===
Literary loan from Old West Norse flugdreki; compound of flogh (“fly”) + draki (“dragon”).
=== Noun ===
floghdraki m
flying dragon
(folklore) based on descendants: a type of Nordic flying dragon which looks like a streak of light when it flies across the skies, and which burrows into mountains where it dwells
==== Declension ====
==== Descendants ====
Swedish: flogdrake
→ Finnish: louhikäärme (partial calque)
⇒ Finnish: lohikäärme (“dragon”) (folk etymology)
→ Estonian: lohe