Where does “hunger” come from?
hunger (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
hunger (Norwegian Bokmål): hunger
Ancestry of “hunger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | hungr | hunger |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |
Words derived from “hunger”