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Where does “stråle” come from?

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

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 Dutchstrâle—
2Old Dutchstrāla—
3Proto-West Germanic*strālu—

Words derived from “stråle”

  • gammastråling
  • stråling
  • gammastråle
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strālu →