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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HANKER.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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HANKER,
to long importunately. (E.) Not in early use. 'And
felt such bowel-hankerings To see an empire, all of kings;' Butler,
Hudibras, pt. iii. c. 2. l. 239. Cf. prov. E. hank, to hanker
after (North); Halliwell. This verb is a frequentative of hang,
with the same change of ng to nk as in the sb. hank; cf.
the phrases 'to hang on,' and 'to hang about,' and the use of Icel. hanga
in the sense of 'to cleave to.' + O. Du. hengelen, to hanker after (Sewel),
from Du. hangen, to hang, depend; mod. Du. hunkeren, to hanker
after, corrupted from the older form honkeren (= hankeren); see
Sewel. ¶
The change from ng to nk is also well shewn by G. henker (=
hang-er), a hangman; G. henken, to hang (a man). See Hank,
Hang. [†] ADDENDA In
the Glossary to Hazlitt's O. Plays, we actually find 'hanker, to hang,
ix. 379;' but the reference is wrong.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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