Where does “antihunt” come from?
antihunt (English) comes from English Hunt, 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 — dog.
antihunt (English): Preventing hunting, or fluctuating around a...
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Ancestry of “antihunt”, step by step
antihunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hunt | for a hunter (for game, birds etc) |
| 2 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 3 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 4 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 5 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |