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Where does “hungar” come from?

hungar (Old Saxon) 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...

hungar (Old Saxon): hunger

Definitions

  1. hunger

Ancestry of “hungar”, 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 “hungar”

  • hunger
  • Hungersnoot
  • Hunger
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