Where does “long” come from?

long (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

long (Old Frisian): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “long”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germaniclanglong
2Proto-Germaniclangazlong
3Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “long”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →