Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/lang

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *langaz.

Adjective

*lang

1. long

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine
Nominative	*lang
Genitive	*langas
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*lang	*langu	*lang
Accusative	*langanā	*langā	*lang
Genitive	*langas	*langeʀā	*langas
Dative	*langumē	*langeʀē	*langumē
Instrumental	*langu	*langeʀu	*langu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*langē	*langō	*langu
Accusative	*langā	*langā	*langu
Genitive	*langeʀō	*langeʀō	*langeʀō
Dative	*langēm, *langum	*langēm, *langum	*langēm, *langum
Instrumental	*langēm, *langum	*langēm, *langum	*langēm, *langum

Derived terms

• *langasam
• *langī
• *langijan

Descendants

• Old English: lang, long
  • Middle English: long, longe, longue, lang, lange, langhe
    • English: long
    • Geordie English: lang
    • Scots: lang
    • Yola: lhaung, long
• Old Frisian: long, lang
  • North Frisian: long, lung
  • Saterland Frisian: loang
  • West Frisian: lang
• Old Saxon: lang, long
  • Middle Low German: lanc, lang, lanch
    • Low German: lang
    • Plautdietsch: lang, lank
• Old Dutch: *lang
  • Middle Dutch: lanc
    • Dutch: lang
      • Afrikaans: lank
      • Berbice Creole Dutch: langgi
      • Jersey Dutch: lānk
      • Negerhollands: lang, laṅ
      • → Sranan Tongo: langa
        • → Aukan: langa
        • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: langame
        • → Saramaccan: lánga, djanga
    • Limburgish: lank
    • Zealandic: lank
• Old High German: lang
  • Middle High German: lanc
    • Alemannic German: lang
    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: lång

      Mòcheno: lònk

    • German: lang
    • Hunsrik: lang
    • Luxembourgish: laang
    • Pennsylvania German: lang
    • Vilamovian: łaong
    • Yiddish: לאַנג (lang)