Where does “lenge” come from?
lenge (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lengī, from Proto-West Germanic *langī, from Proto-Germanic langį̄, from Proto-Germanic -į̄, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “lenge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | lengī | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *langī | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langį̄ | length |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “lenge”