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Where does “Längt” come from?

Längt (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German lengede, from Old High German lengida, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Längt (Luxembourgish): length; duration

Definitions

  1. length; duration

Ancestry of “Längt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlengede—
2Old High Germanlengida—
3Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
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