Where does “Schweißhund” come from?

Schweißhund (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.

Schweißhund (German): sleuth, bloodhound

Definitions

  1. sleuth, bloodhound

Ancestry of “Schweißhund”, step by step

Schweißhund 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 Schweiß

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchweißsweat; blood of the game
2Middle High Germansweiz—
3Old High Germansweiz—
4Proto-Germanicswait-sweat; blood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswoyd-to sweat
6Proto-Indo-Europeansweyd-sweat; to sweat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →