Where does “vallhund” come from?
vallhund (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.
vallhund (Swedish): a herding dog
Definitions
- a herding dog
Ancestry of “vallhund”, step by step
vallhund traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish hund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | hund | a dog; a hound |
| 2 | Old Swedish | hunder | dog |
| 3 | Old Norse | hundr | a dog |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |
via Swedish vålla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | vålla | to cause; be the cause of |
| 2 | Old Swedish | vælla | to flow, to stream; to boil, to bubble |
| 3 | Old Norse | vella | boiling heat, ebullition; to be in a state of... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wallaną | to well up, spring out, bubble forth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wēlH- | to roll, to undulate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welH- | to turn, to wind |