Where does “straaljager” come from?

straaljager (Dutch) comes from Dutch straal, from Middle Dutch strâel, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu — arrow.

straaljager (Dutch): a jet fighter, a fighter jet combat aeroplane with a jet engine

Definitions

  1. a jet fighter, a fighter jet combat aeroplane with a jet engine

Ancestry of “straaljager”, step by step

straaljager traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch straal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstraalray; a thin stream of liquid, a jet; radius
2Middle Dutchstrâel—
3Old Dutchstrāla—
4Proto-West Germanic*strāluarrow

via Dutch Jager

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchJagerOrion
2Middle Dutchjager—
3Old Dutchjageri—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strālu →