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Where does “lunge” come from?

lunge (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lunga, from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Ancestry of “lunge”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lunge”

  • Lungenkrebs
  • Lungenentzündung
  • Lungenkrankheit
  • lungengängig
  • Lunge
  • Buchlunge
  • Lungenproblem
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