Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hungruz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

*hunhruz

Etymology

From earlier *hunhruz, from Proto-Indo-European *kank-, *kenk- (“to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with Lithuanian kenkti (“to damage, blight”), Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, “he wishes, desires”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxuŋ.ɡruz/

Noun

*hungruz m

hunger

Inflection

u-stemDeclension of *hungruz (u-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hungruz	*hungriwiz
vocative	*hungru	*hungriwiz
accusative	*hungrų	*hungrunz
genitive	*hungrauz	*hungriwǫ̂
dative	*hungriwi	*hungrumaz
instrumental	*hungrū	*hungrumiz

Derived terms

*hungrijaną
*hungrugaz/*hungragaz

Descendants

Old English: hungor
- Middle English: hunger, honger, hounger
  - Scots: hounger, hunger
  - English: hunger
Old Frisian: hunger
- (Saterland Frisian: Geehunger)
- West Frisian: honger, hûnger
Old Saxon: hungar
- Middle Low German: hunger
  - German Low German: Hunger
Old Dutch: hunger
- Middle Dutch: honger
  - Dutch: honger
Old High German: hungar
- Middle High German: hunger
  - German: Hunger
  - Luxembourgish: Honger
  - Yiddish: הונגער‎ (hunger)
Old Norse: hungr
- Icelandic: hungur
- Norwegian: hunger
- Old Swedish: hunger
  - Swedish: hunger
- Danish: hunger
- Westrobothnian: honger
Gothic: *hunhrus > 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃 (hūhrus), *huggrus (in derivatives)

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