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

Definitions

  1. hunger; famine

Ancestry of “honger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhunger—
2Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
3Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
4Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
5Proto-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 →