Where does “leng” come from?

leng (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *langī, 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...

leng (Old English): longer (comparative degree of lange)

Definitions

  1. longer (comparative degree of lange)

Ancestry of “leng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*langīlength
2Proto-Germaniclangį̄length
3Proto-Germanic-į̄-th
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic -į̄ →Every word from Proto-Germanic langį̄ →