Talk:длина

Is it cognate with долгий ? --Fsojic (talk) 17:40, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

длина is a noun, долгий is an adjective. —Stephen ^(Talk) 18:49, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Sure, but do they come from the same root ? --Fsojic (talk) 22:45, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

They seem to be genetically related if you go all the way back to Proto-Indo-European.

длина is from длить, akin to Common Slavonic *dьlgъ (long), but the original PIE etymon of длить is not known.

долгий is akin to Common Slavonic *dьlgъ (long), Greek δολιχός, Latin indulgeo, and Latin longus, English long, from Proto-Indo-European *dl̥h₁gʰós. —Stephen ^(Talk) 23:17, 18 November 2012 (UTC)