Where does “Lenz” come from?

Lenz (German) comes from Middle High German lenze, from Old High German lenzo, from Proto-West Germanic langatīn, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Lenz (German): spring

Definitions

  1. spring

Ancestry of “Lenz”, step by step

Lenz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German lenze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlenzespring
2Old High Germanlenzospring
3Proto-West Germaniclangatīnspring
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Dutch lens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlensoptical lens; crystalline lens in the eye; A type...
2Latinlēnslentil

Words derived from “Lenz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →