From Middle English strele, stral, from Old English strǣl, from Proto-West Germanic *strālu, from Proto-Indo-European *strēl- *strēlā-. Cognate with West Frisian striel, Dutch straal, German Strahl, Swedish stråle, Icelandic strjál, Lithuanian strėlė, Russian стрела. See also streel.
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