Where does “strahl” come from?

strahl (German) comes from Middle High German strāle, from Old High German strāla, from Proto-Germanic *strālu, from Proto-Indo-European strēl-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strahl (German): beam, ray (e.g. of light)

Definitions

  1. beam, ray (e.g. of light)

Ancestry of “strahl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanstrālearrow, beam
2Old High Germanstrālaarrow, lightning bolt
3Proto-Germanic*strālu
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstrēl-arrow
5Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strahl

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster-