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Number: 1534
Root: pl(e)u-mon-, pleu-ti̯o-
English meaning: lung
German meaning: `Lunge'
Material: Ai. klṓman- m. n. `die rechte Lunge' (Dissim. von p - m zu k - m) = gr. πλεύμων `Lunge' (durch Anlehnung an πνέω auch πνεύ̄μων); lat. pulmō, meist Pl. `Lunge' (aus *pelmōnes oder *plumṓnes);

    baltoslav. *pleuti̯ā- und *plauti̯ā- n. Pl. in lit. plaũčiai und lett. plàuši, plàušas m. Pl., apr. plauti (sekund. f.) `Lunge'; aksl. plušta und *pljušta n. Pl. (aruss. pljuča `Lunge'), serb. pljûća f. `Leber'.

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

References: WP. II 95 f., WH. II 386 f., Trautmann 226.
Pages: 837-838
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