Where does “hungerer” come from?
hungerer (English) comes from English hunger, from Middle English hunger, 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...
hungerer (English): One who hungers or yearns
Definitions
- One who hungers or yearns
Ancestry of “hungerer”, step by step
hungerer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunger | A need or compelling desire for food; Any strong... |
| 2 | Middle English | hunger | Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or... |
| 3 | Old English | hungor | hunger; famine |
| 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... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |