Where does “hundesvær” come from?

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

hundesvær (Danish): very difficult, very hard

Definitions

  1. very difficult, very hard

Ancestry of “hundesvær”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishhunde-Intensifies adjectives denoting undesirable...
2Danishhunddog; hound; hundred
3Old Norsehundra dog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →