Where does “lenctenhæte” come from?

lenctenhæte (Old English) comes from Old English lencten, from Proto-West Germanic langatīn, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lenctenhæte (Old English): spring heat, heat in spring

Definitions

  1. spring heat, heat in spring

Ancestry of “lenctenhæte”, step by step

lenctenhæte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English lencten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlenctenspring; Lent
2Proto-West Germaniclangatīnspring
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

via Old English hǣte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhǣte—
2Proto-Germanichaitį̄heat
3Proto-Indo-European*keHy-to heat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →