Where does “alength” come from?
alength (English) comes from Middle English A, from Middle English I, from Old English iċ, from Proto-West Germanic ik, from Proto-Germanic *ek, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.
Ancestry of “alength”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | A | — |
| 2 | Middle English | I | I |
| 3 | Old English | iċ | I |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | ik | I |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *ek | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éǵh₂ | I |