Where does “strāla” come from?

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

strāla (Old High German): arrow, lightning bolt

Definitions

  1. arrow, lightning bolt

Ancestry of “strāla”, step by step

strāla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic *strālu

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

via Proto-West Germanic *strālu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*strāluarrow

Words derived from “strāla”

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