Where does “horhund” come from?

horhund (Swedish) comes from Swedish hund, from Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

horhund (Swedish): a lecherous, sexually immoral man

Definitions

  1. a lecherous, sexually immoral man

Ancestry of “horhund”, step by step

horhund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish hund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhunda dog; a hound
2Old Swedishhunderdog
3Old Norsehundra dog
4Proto-Germanichundazdog
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Swedish hör

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishhöradultery, fornication sex with someone who is not one's spouse, or sex between unmarried people – sexual immorality: begå hor “commit adultery”
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tósEvery word from Proto-Germanic hundaz
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