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

From Proto-Indo-European *strēl- (“arrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-, *strē- (“strip, stripe, line, streak, stream, arrow”). Cognate with Lithuanian strėlė (“arrow, dart, jib”), Latvian strēle (“arrow, dart”) and Proto-Slavic *strěla (“arrow”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

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

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)

References

Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285: “PWGmc *strālu”

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[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 285: “PWGmc *strālu”