Where does “lungless” come from?

lungless (English) comes from English lung, from Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic lunganjō, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

lungless (English): Without lungs

Definitions

  1. Without lungs

Ancestry of “lungless”, step by step

lungless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English lung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlungA biological organ of vertebrates that controls...
2Middle Englishlunge—
3Old Englishlungenlung
4Proto-Germaniclunganjōlung
5Proto-Germaniclungôlung
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

via English less

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlessTo a smaller extent or degree; comparative form...
2Middle Englishlesfalse; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie
3Old Englishlēasfalse, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose...
4Proto-Germanic*laus—

Words derived from “lungless”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- →