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
Ancestry of “lenge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | lengi | long |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | langį̄ | length |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -į̄ | -th |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
Words derived from “lenge”