Where does “Verlängerung” come from?

Verlängerung (German) comes from German verlängern, from German länger, from German lang, from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Verlängerung (German): prolongation; lengthening; lengthening; extra...

Definitions

  1. prolongation; lengthening; lengthening; extra...

Ancestry of “Verlängerung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanverlängernto lengthen; to prolong, to extend
2Germanlängercomparative degree of lang; longer
3Germanlanglong; lengthy; tall; many
4Middle High Germanlanc—
5Old High Germanlanglong
6Proto-West Germaniclanglong
7Proto-Germaniclangazlong
8Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “Verlängerung”

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