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Where does “Lunge” come from?

Lunge (German) comes from Middle High German lunge, from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Lunge (German): lung

Definitions

  1. lung

Ancestry of “Lunge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanlunge—
2Old High Germanlunga—
3Proto-Germaniclungôlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Words derived from “Lunge”

  • Lungenkrebs
  • Lungenentzündung
  • Lungenkrankheit
  • lungengängig
  • Buchlunge
  • Lungenproblem
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