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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lungô
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light in weight; nimble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈluŋ.ɡɔːː/
Noun
*lungô n
- (anatomy) lung
Inflection
neuter an-stemDeclension of *lungô (neuter an-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *lungô | *lungōnō | |
vocative | *lungô | *lungōnō | |
accusative | *lungô | *lungōnō | |
genitive | *lunginiz | *lunganǫ̂ | |
dative | *lungini | *lungammaz | |
instrumental | *lunginē | *lungammiz |
Derived terms
- *lungumnijō/*lungunjō/*lunganjō
Descendants
- Old Saxon: lunga f;
- Middle Low German: lunge
- German Low German: Lunge, Lung
- Plautdietsch: Lung
- Middle Low German: lunge
- Old Dutch: *lunga
- Middle Dutch: lunge
- Dutch: long
- Afrikaans: long
- Dutch: long
- Middle Dutch: lunge
- Old High German: lunga f;
- Middle High German: lunge; lungel
- German: Lunge; Lungel
- Luxembourgish: Long
- Middle High German: lunge; lungel
- Old Norse: lunga n
- Icelandic: lunga n
- Faroese: lunga n
- Norn: lunga
- Norwegian: lunge f or m
- Old Swedish: lunga f
- Swedish: lunga c
- Danish: lunge c
- Gutnish: lungge, lunggå
Related terms
- *linhtaz (“light”)