Where does “lank” come from?

lank (Zealandic) comes from Middle Dutch lanc, from Old Dutch lang, from Proto-West Germanic lang, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dlongʰos — long.

lank (Zealandic): long

Definitions

  1. long

Ancestry of “lank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlanc—
2Old Dutchlang—
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 →