Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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)
- Old Danish: hund
  - Danish: hund
  - Scanian: hońń
- Gutnish: hund