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Where does “strâel” come from?
strâel (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu — arrow.
Ancestry of “strâel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
strāla
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2
Proto-West Germanic
*strālu
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Words derived from “strâel”
straal
straalstroom
straal
kathodestraal
donderstraal
bliksemstraal
fijnstraal
straaljager
straalmotor
straalvinnige
röntgenstraal
straalscherm
weerligstraal
kathodestraalbuis
bliksemstraal
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