Where does “Kettenhund” come from?

Kettenhund (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.

Kettenhund (German): guard dog, watchdog, bandog

Definitions

  1. guard dog, watchdog, bandog

Ancestry of “Kettenhund”, step by step

Kettenhund 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 kette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankettechain series of interconnected rings, usually of metal
2Middle High Germanketen—
3Old High Germanketinna—
4Proto-Germanic*katinnjā—
5Vulgar Latin*catenia—
6Latincatēnachain
7Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...
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