Reconstruction:Proto-Norse/ᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ

This Proto-Norse entry contains reconstructed terms 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 (*hudaʀ /*hundaʀ/) m

1. dog; hound

Derived terms

• ᚹᛁᛞᚢᚺᚢᛞᚨᛉ (widuhudaʀ /⁠Widuhundaʀ⁠/, “wood-hound”, masculine personal name)

Descendants

• Old Norse: hundr
  • Icelandic: hundur
  • Faroese: hundur
  • Norn: hund
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hund, (dialectal) hund’e, hónd’e
  • Old Swedish: hunder
    • Swedish: hund
      • → Finnish: hunttu
  • Old Danish: hund
    • Danish: hund
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hund
    • Scanian: hońń
  • Gutnish: hund