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Where does “lungw-” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lungw-”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lungw-”

  • lunga
  • lunginflammation
  • lunga
  • hjarta-lungnalífgun
  • lungnakrabbamein
  • lungnabláæð
  • lungnaslagæð
  • lungnaberklar
  • lunga
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