Where does “stråle” come from?

stråle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Middle Dutch strâle, from Old Dutch strāla, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu — arrow.

stråle (Norwegian Bokmål): a ray; to shine, beam, radiate

Definitions

  1. a ray; to shine, beam, radiate

Ancestry of “stråle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchstrâlearrow
2Old Dutchstrāla—
3Proto-West Germanic*strāluarrow

Words derived from “stråle”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strālu →Every word from Old Dutch strāla →Every word from Middle Dutch strâle →