Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo work hard.
From Middle English lengen (“to linger”), from Old English lenġan (“to make long, lengthen”), from Proto-West Germanic *langijan, from Proto-Germanic *langijaną (“to make long”). Cognate with Scots ling (“to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue”). More at linger.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionlengenenm · to linger
- Inherited-form mentionlenġanang · to make long, lengthen
- Inherited-form mention*langijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*langijanągem-pro · to make long
- Cognate mentionlingsco · to lengthen, prolong, delay; tarry, continue
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