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Indogermanisches Etymologisches Woerterbuch [Pokorny] :

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Record number: 1534

Root / lemma: pl(e)u-mon-, pleu-ti_o-

English meaning: lung

German meaning: `Lunge'

Material: Ai. klo:/man- m. n. `die rechte Lunge' (Dissim. von p - m zu k - m) = gr. `Lunge' (durch Anlehnung an auch :); lat. pulmo:, meist Pl. `Lunge' (aus *pelmo:nes oder *plumo:/nes);

    baltoslav. *pleuti_a:- und *plauti_a:- n. Pl. in lit. plau~c^iai und lett. pla\us^i, pla\us^as m. Pl. , apr. plauti (sekund. f. ) `Lunge'; aksl. plus^ta und *pljus^ta n. Pl. (aruss. pljuc^a `Lunge'), serb. plju^c/a f. `Leber'.

    Die Lunge schwimmt auf dem Wasser, also als `Schwimmer' zu pleu- (pel-) `'.

References: WP. II 95 f. , WH. II 386 f. , Trautmann 226.

Page(s): 837 - 838


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