Where does “strāle” come from?

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

strāle (Middle High German): arrow, beam

Definitions

  1. arrow, beam

Ancestry of “strāle”, step by step

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

Words derived from “strāle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European strēl- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *strālu →