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Where does “lungengängig” come from?

lungengängig (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,...

lungengängig (German): respirable

Definitions

  1. respirable

Ancestry of “lungengängig”, step by step

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