Where does “virhundo” come from?

virhundo (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.

virhundo (Esperanto): male dog, dog narrow sense: male dog, he-dog

Definitions

  1. male dog, dog narrow sense: male dog, he-dog

Ancestry of “virhundo”, step by step

virhundo 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 viro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoviroman
2Latinvirman in the sense of "adult male human"; adult,...
3Proto-Italicwirosa man
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →