Where does “הינטעלע” come from?

הינטעלע (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish הונט, from Middle High German hunt, from Old High German hunt, from Proto-West Germanic hund, from Proto-Germanic hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

הינטעלע (Yiddish): puppy; little dog, doggy

Definitions

  1. puppy; little dog, doggy

Ancestry of “הינטעלע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishהונטdog
2Middle High Germanhuntdog (Canis familiaris)
3Old High Germanhuntdog
4Proto-West Germanichunddog
5Proto-Germanichundazdog
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwn̥tós—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwn̥tós →Every word from Proto-Germanic hundaz →
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