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Where does “strale” come from?

strale (Italian) 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.

strale (Italian): arrow, thunderbolt; A type of racing dinghy for...

Definitions

  1. arrow, thunderbolt; A type of racing dinghy for...

Ancestry of “strale”, 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
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