Where does “lüng” come from?

lüng (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian long, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lüng (North Frisian): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lüng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianlonglong
2Proto-West Germaniclanglong
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →