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Where does “hungriġ” come from?

hungriġ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic hungragaz, from Proto-Germanic hungruz, from Proto-Germanic hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...

Ancestry of “hungriġ”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hungriġ”

  • hungry
  • hungrily
  • hungriness
  • nonhungry
  • bloodhungry
  • ahungry
  • cumhungry
  • anhungry
  • hungri
  • hungry
  • hungrylych
  • hangre
  • hanggre
  • angre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →