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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz.

Noun edit

*hund m

dog

Inflection edit

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 edit

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)