Where does “lang” come from?

lang (Alemannic German) comes from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lang (Alemannic German): long; tall, high

Definitions

  1. long; tall, high

Ancestry of “lang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlanc—
2Old High Germanlanglong
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →
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