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”).[1]

Noun

*strālu f[2]

  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
  • Old Frisian: *strāl, *strēle
  • Old Saxon: strāla
  • Old Dutch: strāla
  • Old High German: strāla

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*strēlō”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 381
  2. ^ 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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