Where does “dĺžeň” come from?

dĺžeň (Slovak) comes from Slovak dlhý, from Proto-Slavic dь̀lgъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic dílˀgas, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós — long.

dĺžeň (Slovak): acute accent

Definitions

  1. acute accent

Ancestry of “dĺžeň”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Slovakdlhýlong
2Proto-Slavicdь̀lgъlong
3Proto-Balto-Slavicdílˀgaslong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandl̥h₁gʰóslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic dílˀgas →Every word from Proto-Slavic dь̀lgъ →