Where does “snipe hunt” come from?
snipe hunt (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.
snipe hunt (English): A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on...
Definitions
- A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on...
Ancestry of “snipe hunt”, step by step
snipe hunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hunt | To find or search for an animal in the wild with... |
| 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 |