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

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “Long”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlunga—
2Proto-Germaniclungôlung
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lungô →Every word from Old High German lunga →