Where does “lunge” come from?

lunge (Middle English) comes from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic lunganjō, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Ancestry of “lunge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlungenlung
2Proto-Germaniclunganjōlung
3Proto-Germaniclungôlung
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Words derived from “lunge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lungô →Every word from Proto-Germanic lunganjō →