Where does “längd” come from?

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

längd (Swedish): length; length; duration; length; part of...

Definitions

  1. length; length; duration; length; part of...

Ancestry of “längd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselengd—
2Proto-Germaniclangiþōlongness, length
3Proto-Germaniclangazlong
4Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong

Words derived from “längd”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic langiþō →