Where does “Hungerford” come from?

Hungerford (English) comes from Old English hungor, 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...

Hungerford (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Hungerford”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhungorhunger; famine
2Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
3Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
4Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →