Where does “hund” come from?
hund (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
hund (Swedish): a dog; a hound
Ancestry of “hund”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | hunder | dog |
| 2 | Old Norse | hundr | a dog |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
Words derived from “hund”