Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hund

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

Noun

*hund m

1. dog

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hund
Genitive	*hundas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hund	*hundō, *hundōs
Accusative	*hund	*hundā
Genitive	*hundas	*hundō
Dative	*hundē	*hundum
Instrumental	*hundu	*hundum

Descendants

• Old English: hund
  • Middle English: hound, hund, honde
    • English: hound
    • Scots: hoond
• Old Frisian: hund
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum: hünj

    Helgoland: Hin

    Mooring: hün

  • Saterland Frisian: Húund
  • West Frisian: hûn
• Old Saxon: hund
  • Middle Low German: hund
    • Low German:
      • German Low German:

        East Frisian: Hund

        Hamburgisch: Hond

      • Westphalian:

        Sauerländisch: Hund

        Westmünsterländisch: Hund

    • Plautdietsch: Hunt
    • → Estonian: hunt
• Old Dutch: hund
  • Middle Dutch: hont
    • Dutch: hond
      • Afrikaans: hond
    • Limburgish: hóndj
• Old High German: hunt
  • Middle High German: hunt
    • Alemannic German: Hund

      Alsatian: Hund

      Swabian: Hond

      Walser: hun, hund, hunn, hònn

    • Bavarian:

      Cimbrian: hunt

      Mòcheno: hunt

      Udinese: hunt

    • Central Franconian: Hond, Honk; Hongk; Hunk, Honk

      Hunsrik: Hund

      Kölsch: Hunk, Hungk

    • German: Hund
      • → Esperanto: hundo
        • Ido: hundo
    • Luxembourgish: Hond
    • Vilamovian: hund
    • Yiddish: הונט (hunt)