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Cognate with Latvianlogs, Old Prussianlanxto; further origin outside of Baltic unclear. Buck and Fraenkel suggest a derivation from lingúoti(“to rock”), referring originally to swinging windows (that is, windows whose panes swing in and out to open)[1][2] while Smoczynski suggests a derivation from lañkas(“bow”), owing to the semicircular shape of a bow resembling that of many windows.[3] Either way, both derivations likely lead to a root from the same family as Proto-Balto-Slavic*lénktei(“to bend, twine”).
^ “langas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “lángas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 339
