Where does “hünj” come from?

hünj (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hünj (North Frisian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “hünj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianhunddog
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →