Where does “Hundepfeife” come from?

Hundepfeife (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.

Hundepfeife (German): dog whistle

Definitions

  1. dog whistle

Ancestry of “Hundepfeife”, step by step

Hundepfeife 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 Pfeife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPfeifewhistle; pipe
2Middle High Germanpfīfe—
3Old High Germanpfīfa—
4Proto-West Germanic*pīpāflute
5Vulgar Latinpipapipe
6LatinpipoI pip, peep
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