Where does “gilingan” come from?

gilingan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic lingwaną, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.

Ancestry of “gilingan”, step by step

gilingan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic lingwaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclingwanąto make progress, succeed
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁lengʷʰ-light

via Proto-West Germanic *lingwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*lingwanto make progress, succeed

Words derived from “gilingan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lingwaną →