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

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lank”, step by step

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