Where does “Hund” come from?

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

Hund (Pennsylvania German): dog

Definitions

  1. dog

Ancestry of “Hund”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanhuntdog
2Proto-West Germanichunddog
3Proto-Germanichundazdog
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “Hund”

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