English
hanker
Hanker comes from Proto-Germanic *hankōną.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hankōnąreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1874hanker
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hankōnąreconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1874hanker
Earliest quotation: 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd. […]: “O ’tis true enough, faith. I cannot understand Farmer…”
Every English word from Proto-Germanic *hankōną
Today it means
verb To crave, want or desire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *hankōną / hanker