Where does “ĉenhundo” come from?

ĉenhundo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto hundo, from German hund, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

ĉenhundo (Esperanto): guard dog

Definitions

  1. guard dog

Ancestry of “ĉenhundo”, step by step

ĉenhundo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto hundo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantohundodog
2Germanhunddog, hound
3Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
4Old High Germanhuntdog
5Proto-West Germanichunddog
6Proto-Germanichundazdog
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Esperanto ĉeno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĉenochain
2EnglishchainA series of interconnected rings or links usually...
3Middle EnglishcheyneA chain; a series of links made of metal,...
4Old Frenchchaine—
5Latincatēnachain
6Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →