Where does “hunt” come from?
Hunt comes from Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian, from Proto-Germanic huntōną, from Proto-Indo-European kend-.
hunt (English): To find or search for an animal in the wild with...
Definitions
- To find or search for an animal in the wild with...
Ancestry of “hunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 2 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 3 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 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”