Where does “Hungertod” come from?
Hungertod (German) comes from German hunger, from Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, 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...
Hungertod (German): death by hunger
Definitions
- death by hunger
Ancestry of “Hungertod”, step by step
Hungertod traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German hunger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | hunger | inflection of hungern: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | Middle High German | hunger | famine |
| 3 | Old High German | hungar | hunger |
| 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... |