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Where does “хедхантер” come from?

хедхантер (Russian) comes from English headhunter, from English Hunter, from Middle English huntere, from Middle English hunten, from Cimbrian hunt, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund — dog.

хедхантер (Russian): headhunter

Definitions

  1. headhunter

Ancestry of “хедхантер”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheadhunterA person who practises headhunting, the taking...
2EnglishHunter—
3Middle Englishhuntere—
4Middle Englishhuntento hunt
5Cimbrianhuntdog
6Middle High Germanhunt—
7Old High Germanhuntdog
8Proto-West Germanichunddog
9Proto-Germanichundazdog
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
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