Where does “לאַנג” come from?

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

לאַנג (Yiddish): long; final form

Definitions

  1. long; final form

Ancestry of “לאַנג”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlang—
2Old High Germanlanglong
3Proto-West Germaniclanglong
4Proto-Germaniclangazlong
5Proto-Indo-Europeandlongʰoslong
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos →Every word from Proto-Germanic langaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic lang →