Where does “hunt” come from?

hunt (Middle High German) comes 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 (Middle High German): dog (Canis familiaris)

Definitions

  1. dog (Canis familiaris)

Ancestry of “hunt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hunt”

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