HUND

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Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Dog
Dog
Image by Pamela Carls,[1]
License: Creative Commons, CC-BY-SA

Ancient Germanic

*hundas = 'dog'

Old Norse

hundr = 'dog' [2]
hund-r = 'dog' [3]

Gothic

hund-s = 'dog' [3]

Old High German

hunt = 'dog' [3]

Old Saxon

hund = 'dog' [3]

Old Frisian

hund = 'dog' [3]

Old English

hund = 'dog' [3]

Related Names

See Hundi, Hunding

Combinations

Name
Element    
Example
ALF see Hundalfr
HLIF see Hlífundr
ULF see Hundólfr

First Element Forms

Hund-

Last Element Forms

-undr

References

  1. Wikimedia Commons: Image by Pamela Carls, source & license
  2. Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2007)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Ferdinand Holthausen: Vergleichendes und Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altwestnordischen (1948)