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Where does “Lungenbläschen” come from?

Lungenbläschen (German) comes from German Bläschen, from German blāse, from Middle High German blāse, from Old High German blāsa, from German blasen, from Middle High German blāsen, from Old High German blāsan, from Proto-West Germanic blāsan.

Lungenbläschen (German): alveolus

Definitions

  1. alveolus

Ancestry of “Lungenbläschen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBläschenblister; vesicle; cyst
2Germanblāse—
3Middle High Germanblāse—
4Old High Germanblāsa—
5Germanblasento blow; to play; to fellate, to perform oral sex
6Middle High Germanblāsen—
7Old High Germanblāsanto blow
8Proto-West Germanicblāsanto blow
9Proto-Germanicblēsanąto blow
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰléh₁-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—
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