Where does “lanc” come from?

lanc (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Ancestry of “lanc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonlanglong
2Proto-West Germaniclanglong
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lanc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →