Where does “hungry” come from?
Hungry comes from Old English hungriġ, from Old High German hungar, from Proto-Germanic *hungar-az, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-, meaning to lack or be deficient.
hungry (English): Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a...
Definitions
- Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a...
Ancestry of “hungry”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Hungry | — |
| 2 | Old English | hungriġ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hungragaz | hungry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |
Words derived from “hungry”