Etymology of the English word lung
the English word
lungderived from the Anglo-Saxon word
lunge (lung)
derived from the English word
lungederived from the English word
lungenderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legʷh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*lungw-Derivations in English
lunger,
lungfish,
lungworm,
lungwortCognates
Dutch
long, German
Lunge, Icelandic
lunga, Swedish
lungaUsage
Word found in Modern English
