Where does “lung” come from?

Lung comes from Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen, from Old English lang meaning long, from Proto-Germanic langaz, from Proto-Indo-European dl̥h₁gʰós.

lung (English): A biological organ of vertebrates that controls...

Definitions

  1. A biological organ of vertebrates that controls...

Ancestry of “lung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlunge—
2Old Englishlungenlung
3Proto-Germaniclunganjōlung
4Proto-Germaniclungôlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Words derived from “lung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- →