Old Norse edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *hundaz, whence also Old Saxon, Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch hund, Old High German hunt, Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱʷn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ (dog).

Noun edit

hundr m (genitive hunds, plural hundar)

  1. a dog
    Synonym: rakki

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • hundr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press