Draw is closely related to drag, and draft. Draft animals that draw are dragging, at last by the dictionary definitions, though it is a little archaic sounding

Draw is closely related to drag, and draft. Draft animals that draw are dragging, at last by the dictionary definitions, though it is a little archaic sounding. Draw is dragh. The written "gg" is sometimes reduced to "gh" in Middle English between two vowels of the same closeness. Similar to the "ch" sound of German. It sort of swallows it, or reduces it to a fricative. So draggan -> draghn -> drawn. But only in some dialects. A whole cluster of related words. Also in this series is drive, draft. For some reason, it's a tendency for f and gh next to a /t/ to swap out. They do sound pretty similar, I suppose. The British still spell draft as draught. Old English has: dragan -- ic drage, he drægþ (dragth), ic drog/droh, he drog/droh. Dragende, gedragen. Standard Modern English has: to drag -- I drag, he drags, I dragged, you dragged. Dragging, dragged. Variant there's also: to drag -- I drag, he drags, I drug, he drugs. Dragging, drug/drawn/druggen. gedragen -> draggen -> draghn -> drawn gedragen -> draggen -> dragged gedragen -> draggen gedragen -> draggen -> draghen -> draghéd -> draught -> draft All the same root, branching in different directions.