Where does “wadenlang” come from?

wadenlang (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.

wadenlang (German): calf-length

Definitions

  1. calf-length

Ancestry of “wadenlang”, step by step

wadenlang 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 wade

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwadecalf (of the leg)
2Middle High Germanwade—
3Old High Germanwadocalf of leg
4Proto-Germanicwaþwôcurve; bend; muscle; calf of the leg
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwat-curved
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →