Where does “Hündchen” come from?

Hündchen (German) comes 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.

Hündchen (German): doggy, puppy

Definitions

  1. doggy, puppy

Ancestry of “Hündchen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Hündchen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →