Where does “lunge” come from?

lunge (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Proto-Germanic lungô, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

lunge (Norwegian Nynorsk): a lung

Definitions

  1. a lung

Ancestry of “lunge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germaniclungôlung
2Proto-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 →