Where does “Hundesohn” come from?

Hundesohn (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.

Hundesohn (German): "son of a dog", similar to but not as intense as...

Definitions

  1. "son of a dog", similar to but not as intense as...

Ancestry of “Hundesohn”, step by step

Hundesohn 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 sohn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germansohnson
2Middle High Germansunson
3Old High Germansun—
4Proto-Germanicsunuzson
5Proto-Indo-European*suhnús—
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