Where does “lenge” come from?

lenge (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse lengi, 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...

lenge (Norwegian Bokmål): long, for a long time

Definitions

  1. long, for a long time

Ancestry of “lenge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselengilong
2Proto-Germaniclangį̄length
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “lenge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic langį̄ →
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