Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/langiþō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *langaz +‎ *-iþō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɑŋ.ɡi.θɔː/

Noun

*langiþō f

longness, length

Inflection

Declension of *langiþō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*langiþō	*langiþôz
vocative	*langiþō	*langiþôz
accusative	*langiþǭ	*langiþōz
genitive	*langiþōz	*langiþǫ̂
dative	*langiþōi	*langiþōmaz
instrumental	*langiþō	*langiþōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *langiþu
- Old English: lengþu, lengþ, lengoþu, lengþo
  - Middle English: lengthe, lencth, lencþe, lenght, lenghte, length, lengþe, lenkthe, lenkþe, lengðe (Early Middle English), leinþ (Ireland), lenght, lenȝte, lenkethe (Northwest Midland), leinthe, leyngeth, leynthe, leynþe (Southwestern, West Midland), lenth, lenthe, lenþe (especially East Anglia, Northern, West Midland), lenghthe, lenȝth, lenkith (especially Northern), lengh, lenghe (especially West Midland, Yorkshire)
    - English: length
    - Middle Scots: lenth, lenthe
      - Scots: lenth, lainth
- Old Frisian: lengithe, lengethe
  - Saterland Frisian: Loangte
  - West Frisian: lingte, langte
- Old Saxon: *lengitha
  - Middle Low German: lengede, lengde
    - German Low German: Längde, Längd, Längte, Längt
- Old Dutch: *lengitha
  - Middle Dutch: lengede, lingede, lencde
    - Dutch: lengte
- Old High German: *lengida
  - Middle High German: lengede
    - German: Längde
    - Luxembourgish: Längt
  - ⇒ Old High German: gilengida
Old Norse: lengd
- Icelandic: lengd
- Faroese: longd
- Norwegian Nynorsk: lengd
- Old Swedish: længd
  - Swedish: längd
- Danish: længde
  - Norwegian Bokmål: lengde
    - → Norwegian Nynorsk: lengde