Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strālu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Apparently from a Proto-Indo-European *strēl- (“arrow”), from a Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, stripe, line, streak, stream, arrow”). Cognate with Lithuanian strėlė̃ (“arrow, dart, jib”), Latvian strēle (“arrow, dart”), and Proto-Slavic *strěla (“arrow”).

Noun

*strālu f

1. arrow

   Synonyms: *angō, *arhu, *fliukkijā

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*strālu
Genitive	*strālā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*strālu	*strālō
Accusative	*strālā	*strālā
Genitive	*strālā	*strālō
Dative	*strālē	*strālōm, *strālum
Instrumental	*strālu	*strālōm, *strālum

Derived terms

• *strālijan
• *strālōn

Descendants

• Old English: strǣl, strēl, strǣle
  • Middle English: stral, *strel
    • English: strale, streal, streel
    • ⇒ Scots: strule (verb)
• Old Frisian: *strāl, *strēle
  • Saterland Frisian: Stroal
  • West Frisian: striel
• Old Saxon: strāla
  • Middle Low German: strāle
    • → Danish: stråle
    • → Icelandic: strjál
    • → Norwegian: stråle
    • → Swedish: stråle
• Old Dutch: strāla
  • Middle Dutch: strâle
    • Dutch: straal
      • Afrikaans: straal
      • → Papiamentu: stral, straal
    • Limburgish: straol
• Old High German: strāla
  • Middle High German: strāle
    • Alemannic German: Straale pl
    • German: Strahl
    • → Italian: strale
    • Yiddish: שטראַל (shtral)