Where does “לענגאויס” come from?

לענגאויס (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אויס, from Old High German ūz, from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic ūt, from Proto-Indo-European úd — out, outward.

לענגאויס (Yiddish): along the length of

Definitions

  1. along the length of

Ancestry of “לענגאויס”, step by step

לענגאויס traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish אויס

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishאויסover, finished
2Old High Germanūzout
3Proto-West Germanic*ūtout, outward
4Proto-Germanicūtout, outward
5Proto-Indo-Europeanúdout, outward

via Yiddish לענג

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלענגling
2Middle Dutch*lenge
Every word from Proto-Indo-European údEvery word from Proto-Germanic ūtEvery word from Proto-West Germanic *ūt
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