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Where does “hungor” come from?

hungor (Old English) 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...

hungor (Old English): hunger; famine

Definitions

  1. hunger; famine

Ancestry of “hungor”, 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 “hungor”

  • hunger
  • antihunger
  • hungereth
  • hungerly
  • hungerless
  • hungerest
  • hungerer
  • anti-hunger
  • enhunger
  • hungersome
  • hungerful
  • hungre
  • hunger
  • honger
  • hungro
  • hungrar
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