hanker

Meaning

Verb

To crave, want or desire.

Origin

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną. Related to Dutch hunkeren ("to crave"), which continues the zero-grade iterative.

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