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Where does “geléngen” come from?

geléngen (Luxembourgish) comes from Middle High German gelingen, from Old High German gilingan, from Proto-Germanic lingwaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

geléngen (Luxembourgish): to succeed

Definitions

  1. to succeed

Ancestry of “geléngen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germangelingen—
2Old High Germangilingan—
3Proto-Germaniclingwanąto make progress, succeed
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light
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