Where does “pudelis” come from?
pudelis (Lithuanian) 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.
pudelis (Lithuanian): poodle
Ancestry of “pudelis”, step by step