Where does “Hundsrobbe” come from?

Hundsrobbe (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.

Hundsrobbe (German): true seal, earless seal

Definitions

  1. true seal, earless seal

Ancestry of “Hundsrobbe”, step by step

Hundsrobbe 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 robbe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrobbeinflection of robben: ## first-person singular...
2Low Germanrobbe—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →