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Where does “hund” come from?

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

hund (Old English): dog; hundred

Definitions

  1. dog; hundred

Ancestry of “hund”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hund”

  • hound
  • sleuth
  • hounding
  • foxhound
  • wolfhound
  • hellhound
  • houndstooth
  • staghound
  • coonhound
  • grayhound
  • sleuthhound
  • newshound
  • boarhound
  • elkhound
  • rockhounding
  • houndlike
  • boozehound
  • supersleuth
  • gazehound
  • scenthound
  • sleuthy
  • houndy
  • chowhound
  • draghound
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