Where does “tråla” come from?

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

tråla (Swedish): to trawl (fish with a trawl)

Definitions

  1. to trawl (fish with a trawl)

Ancestry of “tråla”, 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)

Words derived from “tråla”

Every word from Latin trāgula →