Where does “hunttu” come from?
hunttu (Finnish) comes from Swedish hund, from Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
hunttu (Finnish): A dog or hound
Ancestry of “hunttu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | hund | a dog; a hound |
| 2 | Old Swedish | hunder | dog |
| 3 | Old Norse | hundr | a dog |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |