hound
Middle English
/huːnd/
noun
Definitions
- dog, hound The canid Canis lupus familiaris
- A strong term of abuse, especially used against enemies of one's religion
- (rare) A heraldic portrayal of a dog.
- (rare) The forces of evil; the infernal army.
- (rare) Sirius star
Etymology
Inherited from Old English hund (hundred, dog) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hundaz (dog).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*hundaz
Gloss
dog
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犬, 狗
Emoji
🐕🦺 🐩 🐶 🐺
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Otterhound English
- bearhound English
- bitch hound English
- bloodhound English
- boarhound English
- bookhound English
- boozehound English
- buckhound English
- chowhound English
- coonhound English
- deerhound English
- draghound English
- elkhound English
- foxhound English
- gazehound English
- gorehound English
- grayhound English
- harehound English
- heckhound English
- hellhound English
- hound English
- hound's tongue English
- hounder English
- houndest English
- houndeth English
- houndfish English
- hounding English
- houndish English
- houndlike English
- houndling English
- houndly English
- houndsberry English
- houndsman English
- houndstooth English
- houndy English
- lenshound English
- lyam-hound English
- minkhound English
- newshound English
- nursehound English
- powderhound English
- scenthound English
- sighthound English
- sinhound English
- sleuthhound English
- smuthound English
- staghound English
- swinehound English
- whorehound English
- wolfhound English
- *ḱwn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱʷn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *hundaz Proto-Germanic
- *hundą Proto-Germanic
- hund Old English
- hunden Old English
- hundes tunge Old English
- hundesberie Old English
- hundfeald Old English
- hundlic Old English
- roþhund Old English
- berye Middle English
- fisch Middle English
- hound fysch Middle English
- hounden Middle English
- houndesberye Middle English
- houndestonge Middle English
- hund Middle English
- sloth Middle English
- tung Middle English
- hundr Old Norse
- hund Old High German
- hunt Old High German
- 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 Gothic
- *hund gmw-pro
- hunt Old Dutch
- hunt Middle Low German
- hund Old Saxon
- hund Old Frisian