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Where does “strale” come from?

strale (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu.

Ancestry of “strale”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchstrāla—
2Proto-West Germanic*strālu—

Words derived from “strale”

  • donderstraal
  • kathodestraal
  • kathodestraalbuis
  • strelen
  • streling
  • bliksemstraal
  • straal
  • straalstroom
  • stralen
  • strelen
  • weerligstraal
  • straal
  • bliksemstraal
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strālu →