Where does “hûn” come from?
hûn (West Frisian) comes from Old Frisian hund, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.
hûn (West Frisian): dog
Ancestry of “hûn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Frisian | hund | dog |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | hund | dog |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hundaz | dog |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwn̥tós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱwṓ | dog |