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Where does “lengde” come from?

lengde (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon lengitha, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Ancestry of “lengde”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lengde”

  • Längd
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