Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/lungô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light in weight; nimble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluŋ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*lungô n

1. (anatomy) lung

Inflection

neuter an-stemDeclension of *lungô (neuter an-stem)
	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
• Old Dutch: *lunga
  • Middle Dutch: lunge
    • Dutch: long
      • Afrikaans: long
• Old High German: lunga f;
  • Middle High German: lunge; lungel
    • Bavarian: Lung
    • German: Lunge; Lungel
    • Hunsrik: Lung
    • Luxembourgish: Long
• 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”)