English
lungsick
lung + sick
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- ‘to move lightly, effortlessly’
Proto-Germanic *lungô ‘the light organ, lung’
Proto-Germanic *lunganjō
Old English lungen
Middle English lunge
English lung
Proto-Indo-European *sewg- ‘to be troubled or grieved’
Proto-Germanic *seukaz
Proto-West Germanic *seuk
Old English sēoc ‘sick’
Middle English sik ‘sick’
English sick
Today it means
noun Bovine contagious pleuropneumonia.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lungsick