Where does “πνεύμων” come from?

πνεύμων (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

πνεύμων (Ancient Greek): lung; kind of a mollusk

Definitions

  1. lung; kind of a mollusk

Ancestry of “πνεύμων”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
3Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “πνεύμων”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων →