Where does “lungless salamander” come from?
lungless salamander (English) comes from English salamander, from Middle English salamandre, from Old French salamandre, from Latin salamandra, from Ancient Greek σαλαμάνδρα, from Persian سمندر, from Persian سام, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ćyaHmás — darkness, shadow.
lungless salamander (English): Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths
Definitions
- Any of numerous salamanders in the family Plethodontidae, who do not have lungs, and instead respirate through their skin and the lining of their mouths
Ancestry of “lungless salamander”, step by step
lungless salamander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English salamander
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | salamander | A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of... |
| 2 | Middle English | salamandre | — |
| 3 | Old French | salamandre | salamander |
| 4 | Latin | salamandra | salamander |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | σαλαμάνδρα | fire salamander |
| 6 | Persian | سمندر | salamander; a mythological fire-dwelling creature... |
| 7 | Persian | سام | fire; flame; swell, swelling |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćyaHmás | black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱyeh₁-mó-s | black, dark |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |
via English lungless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lungless | Without lungs |
| 2 | English | lung | A biological organ of vertebrates that controls... |
| 3 | Middle English | lunge | — |
| 4 | Old English | lungen | lung |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lunganjō | lung |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lungô | lung |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |