Where does “hongerstaker” come from?

hongerstaker (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...

hongerstaker (Dutch): a hunger striker

Definitions

  1. a hunger striker

Ancestry of “hongerstaker”, step by step

hongerstaker 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 staker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchstakera striker, someone who goes on strike
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →