Etymograph

English

longneck

From long + neck.

A compound of long + neck

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

Proto-Germanic *hnakkô ‘nape’

Proto-West Germanic *hnakkō ‘nape’

Old English hnecca ‘back of the neck’

Middle English nekke ‘the neck’

English neck

Today it means

noun A type of beer bottle with a long neck.

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

Etymograph / longneck