Where does “Lungenblähung” come from?

Lungenblähung (German) comes from German lunge, 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,...

Lungenblähung (German): pulmonary emphysema

Definitions

  1. pulmonary emphysema

Ancestry of “Lungenblähung”, step by step

Lungenblähung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German lunge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlungelung, lungs
2Middle High Germanlunge
3Old High Germanlunga
4Proto-Germaniclungôlung
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

via German Blähung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBlähungbulge, inflation
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ-Every word from Proto-Germanic lungôEvery word from Old High German lunga