Where does “solstråle” come from?

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

solstråle (Swedish): a sunbeam, a ray of sunlight

Definitions

  1. a sunbeam, a ray of sunlight

Ancestry of “solstråle”, step by step

solstråle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish stråle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishstrålea ray, a beam; ray; a line extending indefinitely...
2Middle Dutchstrâlearrow
3Old Dutchstrāla—
4Proto-West Germanic*strāluarrow

via Swedish söl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishsöllingering, sluttery, gluttony
2Old Swedishsōlsun
3Old Norsesólsun
4Proto-Germanic*sōl—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *strālu →Every word from Old Dutch strāla →Every word from Middle Dutch strâle →