Where does “lenge” come from?

lenge (Norwegian Nynorsk) 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 Nynorsk): for long

Definitions

  1. for long

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 →