Where does “hün” come from?

hün (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hond, from Proto-West Germanic handu, from Swedish hand, from Old Swedish hand, from Old Norse hǫnd, from Proto-Germanic handuz — hand.

hün (North Frisian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “hün”, step by step

hün traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Frisian hond

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhondhand
2Proto-West Germanichanduhand
3SwedishhandA hand; A hand; the set of cards held by a player
4Old SwedishhandA hand; A direction; A behalf
5Old Norsehǫndhand
6Proto-Germanichanduzhand

via Old Frisian hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhunddog
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Germanic handuz →Every word from Old Norse hǫnd →Every word from Old Swedish hand →