Where does “unhuntable” come from?
unhuntable (English) comes from English huntable, 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 — dog.
unhuntable (English): Not huntable
Definitions
- Not huntable
Ancestry of “unhuntable”, step by step
unhuntable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English huntable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | huntable | Capable of being hunted |
| 2 | English | Hunt | for a hunter (for game, birds etc) |
| 3 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 4 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 5 | Middle High German | hunt | dog (Canis familiaris) |
| 6 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |