Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/strālu
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
*strālu f[1]
- arrow
- Synonyms: *angō, *arhu, *fliukkijā
Inflection[edit]
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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: strǣl, strēl, strǣle
- Old Frisian: *strāl, *strēle
- Old Saxon: strāla
- Old Dutch: strāla
- Old High German: strāla
References[edit]
- ^ 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”