Where does “heckhound” come from?
heckhound (English) comes from English hound, from Middle English hound, from Old English hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
heckhound (English): Rare form of hellhound
Definitions
- Rare form of hellhound
Ancestry of “heckhound”, step by step
heckhound traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hound
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hound | A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of... |
| 2 | Middle English | hound | dog, hound; A strong term of abuse, especially... |
| 3 | Old English | hund | dog; hundred |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via English Heck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Heck | A hardy breed of domestic cattle, the result of an attempt to breed back the extinct aurochs from modern aurochs-derived cattle in the 1920s and 1930s |
| 2 | English | Hell | Any of various places so named |
| 3 | German | hellen | to brighten |
| 4 | Middle High German | hëllen | to sound, to resound, to ring out; to echo |
| 5 | Old High German | hëllan | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hellaną | to resound, make a sound |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₁- | to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot |