Where does “hunger” come from?
hunger (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon hungar, 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...
Ancestry of “hunger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | hungar | 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 “hunger”