Etymograph

English

linge

Linge comes from Middle English lengen ‘to linger’, from Old English lenġan ‘to make long, lengthen’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langaz‘long’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langijaną‘to make long’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*langijan‘to lengthen, make long’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lenġan‘to make long, lengthen’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lengen‘to linger’
  7. Englishtodaylinge

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dlongʰos‘long’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langaz‘long’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*langijaną‘to make long’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*langijan‘to lengthen, make long’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150lenġan‘to make long, lengthen’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lengen‘to linger’
  7. Englishtodaylinge

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’

along, longer, longitude, longitudinal, oblong, elongate, elongation, lunge, longus, longe, 15 more

through Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’

long, length, 7 more

Today it means

verb To work hard.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos / linge

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