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 *h₁ln̥gʷʰ-on-, a neuter n-stem nominal formation from *h₁lengʷʰ- (“light in weight; nimble”). Compare Old Armenian լանջք (lanǰkʻ, “breast”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈluŋ.ɡɔːː/

Noun

*lungô n

(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

Related terms

*linhtaz (“light”)
*lungraz (“swift”)

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

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lungōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*lungōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 344

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