Where does “Hundsfott” come from?

Hundsfott (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.

Hundsfott (German): scoundrel

Definitions

  1. scoundrel

Ancestry of “Hundsfott”, step by step

Hundsfott 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 fotze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfotzeinflection of fotzen: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanfotze—

Words derived from “Hundsfott”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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