Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/langiþu

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 *langiþō. Equivalent to *lang (“long”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*langiþu f

longness, length

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*langiþu
Genitive	*langiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*langiþu	*langiþō
Accusative	*langiþā	*langiþā
Genitive	*langiþā	*langiþō
Dative	*langiþē	langiþōm, langiþum
Instrumental	*langiþu	langiþōm, langiþum

Descendants

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