Where does “honger” come from?

honger (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian 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 (North Frisian): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “honger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhunger—
2Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
3Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
4Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
5Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →