Where does “lengthe” come from?

lengthe (Middle English) comes from Old English lengþu, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lengthe (Middle English): length

Definitions

  1. length

Ancestry of “lengthe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlengþulength
2Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lengthe”

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