Where does “lang” come from?

lang (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German lanc, from Old High German lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lang (Pennsylvania German): long; diluted

Definitions

  1. long; diluted

Ancestry of “lang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlanc—
2Old High Germanlanglong
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “lang”

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