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Where does “hunsvotti” come from?

hunsvotti (Finnish) comes from Swedish hundsfott, from German Hundsfott, 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 — dog.

hunsvotti (Finnish): rascal, scoundrel

Definitions

  1. rascal, scoundrel

Ancestry of “hunsvotti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhundsfott—
2GermanHundsfottscoundrel
3Germanhund—
4Middle High Germanhunt—
5Old High Germanhuntdog
6Proto-West Germanichunddog
7Proto-Germanichundazdog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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