Where does “*hund” come from?

*hund (Proto-Germanic) 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

Words derived from “*hund”

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