Where does “honger” come from?
honger (Middle English) comes from Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor, 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 English): Alternative form of hunger
Definitions
- Alternative form of hunger
Ancestry of “honger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hunger | Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or... |
| 2 | Old English | hungor | hunger; famine |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hungr | hunger |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |