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
Ancestry of “lang”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | lang | long |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | lang | long |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |