Where does “lundehund” come from?

lundehund (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål hund, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

lundehund (Norwegian Bokmål): lundehund

Definitions

  1. lundehund

Ancestry of “lundehund”, step by step

lundehund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålhunddog; hound
2Old Norsehundra dog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Norwegian Bokmål lunde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmållundepuffin, Fratercula arctica
2Old Norselundipuffin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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