h 4 a 1 n 1 k 5 e 1 r 1
6 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb desire strongly or persistently
originWith a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0