*lungô

Runic: ᛚᚢᚾᚷᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈluŋ.ɡɔːː/

noun · neuter · an-stem

Meanings

lung

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-on-, a neuter n-stem nominal formation from *h₁lengʷʰ- (‘light in weight; nimble’). Compare Old Armenian լանջք (lanǰkʻ, ‘breast’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	lungô	lungōnō
Acc.	lungô	lungōnō
Gen.	lunginiz	lunganǫ̂
Dat.	lungini	lungammaz
Inst.	lunginē	lungammiz
Voc.	lungô	lungōnō

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Descendants

lunga (Old Saxon)
- lunge (Middle Low German)
  - Lunge, Lung (German Low German)
  - Lung (Plautdietsch)
*lunga (Old Dutch)
- lunge (Middle Dutch)
  - long (Dutch)
    - long (Afrikaans)
lunga (Old High German)
- lunge, lungel (Middle High German)
  - Lung (Bavarian)
  - Lunge, Lungel (German)
  - Lung (Hunsrik)
  - Long (Luxembourgish)
lunga (Old Norse)
- lunge (Danish)
- lunga (Faroese)
- lungge, lunggå (Gutnish)
- lunga (Icelandic)
- lunga (Norn)
- lunge (Norwegian)
lunga (Old Norse)
- lunga (Old Swedish)
  - lunga (Swedish)

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