Where does “Schwienhunt” come from?

Schwienhunt (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Hunt, from Old Saxon hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

Schwienhunt (Plautdietsch): hedgehog

Definitions

  1. hedgehog

Ancestry of “Schwienhunt”, step by step

Schwienhunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Hunt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschHuntdog
2Old Saxonhunda dog
3Proto-West Germanichunddog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Plautdietsch Schwien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschSchwienpig, hog, swine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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