Where does “אורך גל” come from?

אורך גל (Hebrew) comes from English wavelength, from English length, from Middle English lengthe, from Old English lengþu, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

אורך גל (Hebrew): wavelength

Definitions

  1. wavelength

Ancestry of “אורך גל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwavelengthThe length of a single cycle of a wave, as...
2EnglishlengthThe distance measured along the longest dimension...
3Middle Englishlengthelength
4Old Englishlengþulength
5Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
6Proto-Germaniclangazlong
7Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
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