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
Ancestry of “хедхантер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | headhunter | A person who practises headhunting, the taking... |
| 2 | English | Hunter | — |
| 3 | Middle English | huntere | — |
| 4 | Middle English | hunten | to hunt |
| 5 | Cimbrian | hunt | dog |
| 6 | Middle High German | hunt | — |
| 7 | Old High German | hunt | dog |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |