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Where does “lengd” come from?

lengd (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic langiþō, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

Ancestry of “lengd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
2Proto-Germaniclangazlong
3Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lengd”

  • längdhopp
  • längdhoppare
  • livslängd
  • längd
  • lengdegrad
  • lengd
  • framlengja
  • lengja
  • lengd
  • bylgjulengd
  • longd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →