Where does “Long” come from?
Long (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Long (Luxembourgish): lung
Ancestry of “Long”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lunga | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | lungô | lung |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |