*hungruz

Runic: ᚺᚢᚾᚷᚱᚢᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxuŋ.ɡruz/

noun · masculine · u-stem

Meanings

hunger

Etymology

From earlier *hunhruz, from pre-Proto-Germanic *kunkr-ú-s, from Proto-Indo-European *kn̥k-ró-s, from *kenk- (‘to hunger, ache’) + *-rós. Cognates with Lithuanian keñkras (‘lean, emaciated’), keñkti (‘to ache’), Ancient Greek κέγκει (kénkei) (kénkei, ‘is hungry’), κάγκανος (kánkanos, ‘arid, barren’), and possibly further with Hittite 𒅗𒀀𒉌𒅔𒋾 (/⁠kāninti⁠/, “thirst”, loc.sg.) (/⁠kāninti⁠/, “thirst”, loc.sg.). Note also strong resemblance with Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati) (kāṅkṣati, ‘to desire’), though a formal relation appears difficult.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.hungruzhungriwiz
Acc.hungrųhungrunz
Gen.hungrauzhungriwǫ̂
Dat.hungriwihungrumaz
Inst.hungrūhungrumiz
Voc.hungruhungriwiz

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Descendants

  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hunger (Old Dutch)
      • honger (Middle Dutch)
        • hónger (Limburgish)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hunger (Old Dutch)
      • honger (Middle Dutch)
        • honger (Dutch)
          • honger (Afrikaans)
          • hungru (Berbice Creole Dutch)
          • hunger (Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hunger (Old Dutch)
      • honger (Middle Dutch)
        • honger (Dutch)
          • angri, hangri (Sranan Tongo)
            • hángi, ángi (Saramaccan)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hungor (Old English)
      • hunger, hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur, hungær, hungor, hunnꟑerr (Middle English)
        • hunger (English)
        • hounger, hunger (Scots)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hunger (Old Frisian)
      • Geehunger (Saterland Frisian)
      • honger, hûnger (West Frisian)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hungar (Old High German)
      • hunger (Middle High German)
        • hungar, hummar (Cimbrian)
        • Hunger (German)
        • הונגער (hunger) (Yiddish)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hungar (Old High German)
      • hunger (Middle High German)
        • ? (Central Franconian)
          • Hunger (Hunsrik)
          • Honger (Luxembourgish)
  • *hungr (Proto-West Germanic)
    • hungar (Old Saxon)
      • hunger (Middle Low German)
        • Hunger (German Low German)
  • hungr (Old Norse)
    • hungur (Faroese)
    • hungur (Icelandic)
    • hunger (Norwegian)
  • hungr (Old Norse)
    • hunger (Old Danish)
      • hunger (Danish)
  • hungr (Old Norse)
    • hunger (Old Swedish)
      • hunger (Swedish)
  • 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hūhrus) (Gothic)

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