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.

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

*langiþu f

1. longness, length

• Old English: lengþu, lengþ, lengoþu, lengþo
  • Middle English: lengthe, leinþ, lencþe, length, lengþe, lenkthe, lenkþe, lenth, lenthe, lenþe, leynþe, lenght, lenghte, lenghthe, lenȝte, lenȝth (especially Northern), lencth, lenketh, lenkethe, lenkith (Late Middle English, Northern), lengðe (Early Middle English)
    • English: length
    • 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