Where does “hunger” come from?

hunger (Old Dutch) comes 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
2Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
3Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
4Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

Words derived from “hunger”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →