Where does “ハングリー” come from?

ハングリー (Japanese) comes from English hungry, from Middle English Hungry, from Old English hungriġ, from Proto-Germanic hungragaz, from Proto-Germanic hungruz, from Proto-Germanic hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

ハングリー (Japanese): hungry to win, hungry to succeed

Definitions

  1. hungry to win, hungry to succeed

Ancestry of “ハングリー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhungryAffected by hunger; desiring of food; having a...
2Middle EnglishHungryhungry or starving; needing food
3Old Englishhungriġhungry
4Proto-Germanichungragazhungry
5Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
6Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
7Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk-