Where does “lengdegrad” come from?
lengdegrad (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk lengd, from Old Norse lengd, from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.
lengdegrad (Norwegian Nynorsk): longitude
Ancestry of “lengdegrad”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | lengd | length |
| 2 | Old Norse | lengd | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | langiþō | longness, length |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |