Where does “Honger” come from?

Honger (Luxembourgish) comes 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...

Honger (Luxembourgish): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “Honger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhungerfamine
2Old High Germanhungarhunger
3Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
4Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
5Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
6Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

Words derived from “Honger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →