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

Definitions

  1. famine

Ancestry of “hongersnood”, step by step

hongersnood traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch honger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchhongerhunger
2Middle Dutchhongerhunger; famine
3Old Dutchhunger—
4Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
5Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
6Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
7Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

via Dutch nood

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnoodemergency, distress; need
2Middle Dutchnôot—
3Old Dutchnōd—
4Proto-West Germanic*naudiforce, compulsion
5Proto-Germanicnaudizneed; trouble, distress; compulsion, force
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →