Where does “roþhund” come from?

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

roþhund (Old English): mastiff

Definitions

  1. mastiff

Ancestry of “roþhund”, step by step

roþhund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhunddog; hundred
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Old English ryþþa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishryþþamastiff, large dog
2Proto-Germanichruþjan-male dog
3Proto-Germanichruttōn-to roar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →