< Reconstruction:Proto-Norse
Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ
Proto-Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ. Cognate with Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds).
Noun
*ᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ (*hudaz *hundaz) m
- dog; hound
Derived terms
- ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ (widuhudaz, “wood-hound”, masculine personal name)
Descendants
- Old Norse: hundr
- Faroese: hundur
- Icelandic: hundur
- Norn: hund
- Norwegian Bokmål: hund
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hund
- Old Swedish: hunder
- Swedish: hund
- → Finnish: hunttu
- Westrobothnian: hunn, heond, höund (< *húndr)
- Swedish: hund
- Old Danish: hund
- Danish: hund
- Scanian: hońń
- Gutnish: hund