Where does “hungree” come from?

hungree (Yola) comes 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...

hungree (Yola): hungry

Definitions

  1. hungry

Ancestry of “hungree”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishHungryhungry or starving; needing food
2Old Englishhungriġhungry
3Proto-Germanichungragazhungry
4Proto-Germanichungruzhunger
5Proto-GermanichunhruzAlternative form of *hungruz
6Proto-Indo-Europeankenk-to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
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