Where does “lundehund” come from?
lundehund (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk hund, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
lundehund (Norwegian Nynorsk): lundehund
Ancestry of “lundehund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | hund | a dog |
| 2 | Old Norse | hundr | a dog |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |