Where does “langsom” come from?

langsom (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German lancsām, from Old Saxon langsam, from Proto-West Germanic langasam, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

langsom (Plautdietsch): slow

Definitions

  1. slow

Ancestry of “langsom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanlancsām—
2Old Saxonlangsam—
3Proto-West Germaniclangasamlengthy; drawn-out, long-lasting, extended,...
4Proto-West Germaniclanglong
5Proto-Germaniclangazlong
6Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “langsom”

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