Where does “hungry” come from?

hungry (Middle English) comes 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...

hungry (Middle English): Hungry or starving; afflicted by hunger or...

Definitions

  1. Hungry or starving; afflicted by hunger or...

Ancestry of “hungry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhungriġhungry
2Proto-Germanichungragazhungry
3Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
4Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

Words derived from “hungry”

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