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Where does “lengd” come from?

lengd (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse lengd, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lengd (Icelandic): length; height; length, duration

Definitions

  1. length; height; length, duration

Ancestry of “lengd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselengd—
2Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lengd”

  • framlengja
  • lengja
  • bylgjulengd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →