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Where does “lang-” come from?

lang- (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European leng-, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

Ancestry of “lang-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanleng-to swing, to flap
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

Words derived from “lang-”

  • logs
  • logos
  • logi
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