Where does “hund” come from?

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

hund (Middle English): one hundred; Alternative form of hound

Definitions

  1. one hundred; Alternative form of hound

Ancestry of “hund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhunddog; hundred
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “hund

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ
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