lung

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
2. (in-plural) Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
3. That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

Sinonieme

lungs

🫁

heart

❤️

chest

liver

swim bladder

pulmo

Vertalings

poumon

Lunge

pulmón

polmone

pulmão

long

akciğer

pulmo

pulmó

πνεύμονας

palmon

pişa spî

cegera spî

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈlʌŋ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lunge

Geërf van Old English: lungen

Verwante met Fries: long

Verwante met Nederlands: long

Verwante met Duits: Lunge

Verwante met Deens: lunge

Verwante met Noors: lunge

Verwante met Sweeds: lunga

Verwante met Yslands: lunga

Verwante met Russies: лёгкое

Verwante met Latyn: levis

Verwante met Old English: lēoht

In summary

From Middle English lunge, longe, from Old English lungen, from Proto-Germanic *lunganjō, an enlargement of *lungô (“the light organ, lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-, whence ultimately also light. Cognate with West Frisian long, Dutch long, German Lunge, Danish lunge, Norwegian lunge, Swedish lunga, Icelandic lunga, and also Russian лёгкое (ljóxkoje) (lung), Ancient Greek ἐλαφρός (elaphrós, “light in weight”) and perhaps Albanian lungë (“blister, bulge”). Compare Latin levis and Old English lēoht (Modern English light). See also lights (“lungs”). Superseded non-native Middle English pomoun (“lung”), borrowed from Old French poumon, pomon (“lung”).