Where does “lang” come from?

lang (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lang (Norwegian Nynorsk): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselangr"; long, far, distant; long
2Proto-Germaniclangazlong
3Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lang”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Old Norse langr →