Where does “lang” come from?

lang (Low German) comes from Old Saxon lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lang (Low German): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonlanglong
2Proto-West Germaniclanglong
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →