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Where does “lingwą” come from?

lingwą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰom, from Proto-Indo-European lengʷʰ- — light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

lingwą (Proto-Germanic): heather, ling

Definitions

  1. heather, ling

Ancestry of “lingwą”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰom—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlengʷʰ-light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,...

Words derived from “lingwą”

  • lingonberry
  • lingonsylt
  • lingon
  • ljung
  • lyng
  • røsslyng
  • lyng
  • røsslyng
  • lyngjafni
  • mosalyng
  • lyng
  • lyng
  • lyngr
  • berjalyngur
  • lyngur
  • lingwa-
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