Where does “hund” come from?

hund (Danish) comes from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hund (Danish): dog; hound; hundred

Definitions

  1. dog; hound; hundred

Ancestry of “hund”, step by step

hund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse hundr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehundra dog
2Proto-Germanichundazdog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Danish hundredkroneseddel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhundredkroneseddel—

Words derived from “hund”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →