Where does “pudelnass” come from?

pudelnass (German) comes from German Pudel, from German Pudelhund, 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 — dog.

pudelnass (German): drenched, soaked through

Definitions

  1. drenched, soaked through

Ancestry of “pudelnass”, step by step

pudelnass traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Pudel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPudelpoodle
2GermanPudelhundpoodle
3Germanhunddog, hound
4Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
5Old High Germanhuntdog
6Proto-West Germanichunddog
7Proto-Germanichundazdog
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via German nass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannasswet
2Middle High Germannaȥ
3Old High Germannaȥwet
4Proto-West Germanic*natwet
5Proto-Germanicnatazwet
6Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ
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