Where does “Hunt” come from?
Hunt (English) comes from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
Ancestry of “Hunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 2 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 3 | Middle High German | hunt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “Hunt”