Where does “Hunt” come from?
Hunt (Plautdietsch) comes from Old Saxon hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
Hunt (Plautdietsch): dog
Definitions
- dog
Ancestry of “Hunt”, step by step
Hunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Saxon hund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | hund | a dog |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Middle Low German hunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | hunt | — |