Where does “stundenlang” come from?

stundenlang (German) comes 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.

stundenlang (German): lasting for hours; for hours

Definitions

  1. lasting for hours; for hours

Ancestry of “stundenlang”, step by step

stundenlang traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlanglong; lengthy; tall; many
2Middle High Germanlanc—
3Old High Germanlanglong
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via German Stunden

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanStundenplural of Stunde; hours
2Middle Low Germanstunden—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →