Where does “staghound” come from?
staghound (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.
staghound (English): Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags
Definitions
- Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags
Ancestry of “staghound”, step by step
staghound 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 |