Where does “πνεύμονας” come from?

πνεύμονας (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek πνεύμων, from Ancient Greek πλεύμων, from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

πνεύμονας (Greek): lung; area with clean fresh air

Definitions

  1. lung; area with clean fresh air

Ancestry of “πνεύμονας”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekπνεύμωνlung; kind of a mollusk
2Ancient Greekπλεύμωνlung
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpléwmōlung, floater
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pléwmō →Every word from Ancient Greek πλεύμων →