Where does “lank” come from?
lank (Central Franconian) comes from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
lank (Central Franconian): long
Ancestry of “lank”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lang | long |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | lang | long |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |