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
Ancestry of “long”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | lang | long |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | langaz | long |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dlongʰos | long |
Words derived from “long”