Where does “longer” come from?

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

Ancestry of “longer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlenger—
2Old Englishlengracomparative degree of lang; longer
3Proto-Germaniclangizôlonger
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “longer”

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