Where does “lengd” come from?

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

lengd (Norwegian Nynorsk): length

Definitions

  1. length

Ancestry of “lengd”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lengd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langiþō →