Where does “hongersnood” come from?
hongersnood (Dutch) comes from Dutch honger, from Middle Dutch honger, from Old Dutch hunger, from Proto-West Germanic hungr, from Proto-Germanic hungruz, from Proto-Germanic hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
hongersnood (Dutch): famine
Ancestry of “hongersnood”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | honger | hunger |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | honger | hunger; famine |
| 3 | Old Dutch | hunger | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hungr | hunger |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |