Where does “honger” come from?
honger (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hunger, 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 (Middle Dutch): hunger; famine
Ancestry of “honger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | hunger | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hungr | hunger |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |
Words derived from “honger”