Proto-West Germanic
*lang
‘long’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *lang.
7 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *lang, most familiar first.
- long ← lang
- along ← andlang ← lang
- longer ← long ← long ← lang
- endlong ← andlang ← lang
- longsome ← longsum ← langsum ← *langasam
- longsomeness ← *langsumnesse ← langsumnes ← langsum ← *langasam
- longsomely ← *langsumliche ← langsumlīċe ← langsum ← *langasam
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Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *lang