Where does “hunt” come from?

hunt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hunt (Old Dutch): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “hunt”, step by step

hunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic hund

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

via Proto-Germanic hundą

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichundąa great hundred; a hundred
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱm̥tómhundred
3Proto-Indo-Europeandéḱm̥ten

Words derived from “hunt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →