Where does “hundur” come from?

hundur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hundur (Icelandic): a dog

Definitions

  1. a dog

Ancestry of “hundur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehundra dog
2Proto-Germanichundazdog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “hundur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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