Where does “trål” come from?

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

trål (Swedish): a trawl (large cone-shaped net used for trawling)

Definitions

  1. a trawl (large cone-shaped net used for trawling)

Ancestry of “trål”, 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 →