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

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *lang