Words that come from Proto-West Germanic lang

199 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic lang — including long, along, alongside, lent, longest, lifelong, longtime, Lent.

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English (136)

Old English (8)

Middle English (8)

German (6)

Middle Dutch (5)

Dutch (4)

Scots (4)

Tok Pisin (3)

Old High German (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Saterland Frisian (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Swedish (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Ido (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Danish (1)

Mòcheno (1)

West Frisian (1)

Kriol (1)

Portuguese (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Cimbrian (1)