Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jungaz, contracted form of an earlier *juwungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Cognate with Old Frisian jung, Old Saxon giung (Low German jung), Dutch jong, Old High German junc (German jung), Old Norse ungr (Swedish ung), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 ‎(juggs); and with Latin juvenis ‎(“young”), Old Irish oac ‎(“young”), Albanian vogël, vogl ‎(“small, young”), Russian юный ‎(junyj, “youthful”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjuŋɡ/