Where does “long” come from?

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

long (North Frisian): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “long”, 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 →