Where does “Hundekot” come from?

Hundekot (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.

Hundekot (German): dog feces

Definitions

  1. dog feces

Ancestry of “Hundekot”, step by step

Hundekot 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 Kot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKotfeces; mud
2Middle High Germanquāt—
3Old High Germanquātbad
4Proto-Germanickwēdąmanure; dung; filth; muck; wickedness; evil
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷuē-excrement, dung
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →