Where does “hont” come from?

hont (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hont (Middle Dutch): dog; despicable, worthless person; an area of 100...

Definitions

  1. dog; despicable, worthless person; an area of 100...

Ancestry of “hont”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhuntdog
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “hont”

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