Where does “strǣl” come from?

strǣl (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *strālu, from Proto-Indo-European strēl-, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

strǣl (Old English): arrow, shaft, dart, missile

Definitions

  1. arrow, shaft, dart, missile

Ancestry of “strǣl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*strālu—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanstrēl-arrow
3Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “strǣl”

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