Where does “Hund” come from?

Hund (German) comes 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.

Hund (German): dog, hound; scoundrel; dog; board with casters...

Definitions

  1. dog, hound; scoundrel; dog; board with casters...

Ancestry of “Hund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhuntdog
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “Hund

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tósEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundaz
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