Where does “Laangfësch” come from?

Laangfësch (Luxembourgish) comes from Luxembourgish laang, from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Laangfësch (Luxembourgish): eel

Definitions

  1. eel

Ancestry of “Laangfësch”, step by step

Laangfësch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Luxembourgish laang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Luxembourgishlaanglong
2Middle High Germanlanc—
3Old High Germanlanglong
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Luxembourgish Fësch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LuxembourgishFëschfish; Pisces
2Old High Germanfisc—
3Proto-West Germanicfiskfish
4Proto-Germanicfiskazfish
5Indo-European*peysk-—

Words derived from “Laangfësch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →