English
Pippi Longstocking
From long + stocking, calque of Swedish Pippi Långstrump.
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’
Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’
Old English lang ‘long, tall, lasting’
Middle English long
English long
Today it means
name A fictional red-haired girl created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, who lives with her animals in her pirate father's villa and takes her friends on numerous adventures.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Pippi Longstocking