Where does “Hundehalter” come from?

Hundehalter (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.

Hundehalter (German): dog owner, dog holder

Definitions

  1. dog owner, dog holder

Ancestry of “Hundehalter”, step by step

Hundehalter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German hund

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

via German Halter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHalterholder, owner; holder, mount, retainer, bracket
2Middle High Germanhaltære—
3Old High Germanhaltāri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →