Where does “hungryly” come from?
hungryly (Middle English) comes from Middle English Hungry, 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...
Ancestry of “hungryly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | Hungry | — |
| 2 | Old English | hungriġ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hungragaz | hungry |
| 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... |