Where does “hundr” come from?

hundr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

hundr (Old Norse): a dog

Definitions

  1. a dog

Ancestry of “hundr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanichundazdog
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “hundr”

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