Where does “rendőrkutya” come from?

rendőrkutya (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian rendőr, from Hungarian rend, from Proto-Slavic rędъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic rind-.

rendőrkutya (Hungarian): police dog

Definitions

  1. police dog

Ancestry of “rendőrkutya”, step by step

rendőrkutya traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian rendőr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianrendőrpolice officer, policeman
2Hungarianrendorder
3Proto-Slavicrędъrow
4Proto-Balto-Slavicrind-—

via Hungarian kutya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariankutyadog
Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic rind- →Every word from Proto-Slavic rędъ →Every word from Hungarian rend →