Where does “huntere” come from?

huntere (Middle English) comes from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, 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.

huntere (Middle English): A hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals

Definitions

  1. A hunter; a (male) person who hunts animals

Ancestry of “huntere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhuntento hunt
2Cimbrianhuntdog
3Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
4Old High Germanhuntdog
5Proto-West Germanichunddog
6Proto-Germanichundazdog
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “huntere”

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