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Where does “*Lingones” come from?
*Lingones (Gaulish) comes from Proto-Celtic lengeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
Ancestry of “*Lingones”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
lengeti
to jump
2
Proto-Indo-European
h₁lengʷʰ-
light
Words derived from “*Lingones”
Lingones
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