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
- A biological organ of vertebrates that controls...
Ancestry of “lung”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lunge | — |
| 2 | Old English | lungen | lung |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | lunganjō | lung |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lungô | lung |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |
Words derived from “lung”