Where does “womanhunt” come from?
womanhunt (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.
womanhunt (English): A manhunt in search of a particular woman
Definitions
- A manhunt in search of a particular woman
Ancestry of “womanhunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 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 |