Where does “longast” come from?

longast (Bavarian) comes from Middle High German lenze, from Old High German lenzo, from Proto-West Germanic langatīn, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

longast (Bavarian): spring season

Definitions

  1. spring season

Ancestry of “longast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlenzespring
2Old High Germanlenzospring
3Proto-West Germaniclangatīnspring
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →