Where does “lengere” come from?

lengere (Middle English) comes from Old English lengra, from Proto-Germanic langizô, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lengere (Middle English): longer

Definitions

  1. longer

Ancestry of “lengere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlengracomparative degree of lang; longer
2Proto-Germaniclangizôlonger
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lengere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langizô →
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