Where does “הונגעריק” come from?

הונגעריק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish הונגער, from Middle High German hunger, from Old High German hungar, 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...

הונגעריק (Yiddish): hungry

Definitions

  1. hungry

Ancestry of “הונגעריק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהונגערhunger
2Middle High Germanhungerfamine
3Old High Germanhungarhunger
4Proto-West Germanichungrhunger
5Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
6Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
7Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kenk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hunhruz →Every word from Proto-Germanic hungruz →