Where does “hund” come from?

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

Ancestry of “hund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichundazdog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →