Where does “hunt” come from?

hunt (Mòcheno) comes 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.

hunt (Mòcheno): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “hunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
2Old High Germanhuntdog
3Proto-West Germanichunddog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →