Where does “huhlwangit” come from?

huhlwangit (East Central German) comes from Proto-Albanian wang-, from Proto-Indo-European wen(H)g- — to be bent, curved.

huhlwangit (East Central German): hollow cheeked

Definitions

  1. hollow cheeked

Ancestry of “huhlwangit”, step by step

huhlwangit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian wang-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianwang-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwen(H)g-to be bent, curved

via East Central German huhl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central Germanhuhl—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wen(H)g- →Every word from Proto-Albanian wang- →