Where does “troolaus” come from?

troolaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish troolata, from Finnish trooli, from English trawl, from Dutch traghelen, from Dutch traghel, from Latin trāgula — a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum).

troolaus (Finnish): trawling

Definitions

  1. trawling

Ancestry of “troolaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtroolataTo trawl
2FinnishtrooliA trawl
3EnglishtrawlA net or dragnet used for trawling; A long...
4Dutchtraghelento drage
5Dutchtragheldragnet
6Latintrāgulaa javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum)

Words derived from “troolaus

Every word from Latin trāgula