Where does “hummar” come from?

hummar (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Middle High German hunger, from Old High German 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...

hummar (Norwegian Nynorsk): lobster, typically European lobster

Definitions

  1. lobster, typically European lobster

Ancestry of “hummar”, step by step

hummar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German hunger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhungerfamine
2Old High Germanhungarhunger
3Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
4Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
5Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
6Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

via Old Norse humarr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehumarrlobster
2Proto-Germanic*humarazlobster
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →