Where does “hangre” come from?
hangre (Tok Pisin) comes from English hungry, from Middle English Hungry, from Old English hungriġ, 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...
hangre (Tok Pisin): hungry; weak, starved
Ancestry of “hangre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hungry | Affected by hunger; desiring of food; having a... |
| 2 | Middle English | Hungry | — |
| 3 | Old English | hungriġ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hungragaz | hungry |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hungruz | hunger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hunhruz | Alternative form of *hungruz |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |