Old English · noun
lungen
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /ˈlun.ɡen/[ˈluŋ.ɡen]
- Syllables
- ˈlun · ɡen (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- lung
Meaning
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lung
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an extension of Proto-Germanic *lungô, from Proto-Indo-European *lengʷʰ- (“light, agile, nimble”). Cognate with Old Frisian lungen, Old Saxon lungannia, Old High German lunganna.
Descendants
lung
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