Where does “overhunt” come from?

overhunt (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.

overhunt (English): To hunt too much

Definitions

  1. To hunt too much

Ancestry of “overhunt”, step by step

overhunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Hunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHuntfor a hunter (for game, birds etc)
2Middle Englishhuntento hunt
3Cimbrianhuntdog
4Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
5Old High Germanhuntdog
6Proto-West Germanichunddog
7Proto-Germanichundazdog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via English over

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishoverDiscontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;...
2Middle Englishoverriverbank, seashore, brink
3Old Englishōferriverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border
4Proto-West Germanicobarover, above
5Proto-Germanicuberover; over, above
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
7Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ
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