Where does “hunt” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichunddog
2Proto-Germanichundazdog
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “hunt

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tósEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundaz
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