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Where does “hund” come from?

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

hund (Old Frisian): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “hund”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hund”

  • hûn
  • hünj
  • hün
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