Where does “tråle” come from?

tråle (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from English trawl, from Dutch traghelen, from Dutch traghel, from Latin trāgula — a javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum).

tråle (Norwegian Bokmål): to trawl for fish

Definitions

  1. to trawl for fish

Ancestry of “tråle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrawlA net or dragnet used for trawling; A long...
2Dutchtraghelento drage
3Dutchtragheldragnet
4Latintrāgulaa javelin or dart having a throwing-strap (āmentum)
Every word from Latin trāgula →