Proto-Germanic

*langaz

‘long’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *langaz.

10 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *langaz, most familiar first.

• long ← lang ← *lang
• along ← andlang ← lang ← *lang
• longer ← lenger ← lengra ← *langizô
• length ← lengthe ← lengþ ← *langiþu ← *langiþō
• linger ← lengeren ← lenġan ← *langijan ← *langijaną
• linge ← lengen ← lenġan ← *langijan ← *langijaną
• endlong ← andlang ← lang ← *lang
• longsome ← longsum ← langsum ← *langasam ← *lang
• longsomeness ← *langsumnesse ← langsumnes ← langsum ← *langasam
• longsomely ← *langsumliche ← langsumlīċe ← langsum ← *langasam

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *langaz