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Where does “lengte” come from?

lengte (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch lengede, from Old Dutch lengitha, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lengte (Dutch): length

Definitions

  1. length

Ancestry of “lengte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlengede—
2Old Dutchlengitha—
3Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lengte”

  • golflengte
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →