English
Langobard
Langobard comes from Latin langobardus ‘a Lombard’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *langabardaz.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langabardaz‘Lombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic’reconstructed
- Lombardicmodern*langbartreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElangobardus‘a Lombard’
- EnglishtodayLangobard
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langabardaz‘Lombard, of or pertaining to the Lombards, Lombardic’reconstructed
- Lombardicmodern*langbartreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElangobardus‘a Lombard’
- EnglishtodayLangobard
A compound of *langaz ‘long’ + *bardaz ‘beard’
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to cut, to grate, to split, to hit’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰéh₂ ‘beard’
Proto-Germanic *bardaz ‘beard’
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *langabardaz
Today it means
noun A Lombard (member of a historical Germanic people).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *langabardaz / Langobard