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

  1. A manhunt in search of a particular woman

Ancestry of “womanhunt”, step by step

womanhunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhuntTo find or search for an animal in the wild with...
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 woman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishwomanAn adult female human; All female humans...
2Middle EnglishwommanAn female adult person; a woman; The female sex...
3Old Englishwīfmannwoman; female servant; woman
4Old Englishmannperson; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult...
5Proto-West Germanicmannperson, human
6Proto-Germanic*mann-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmen-to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tósEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundaz