English
Eurohound
Coined by Alaska sled racing and dog expert Ivana Nolke from Euro- + hound, to distinguish the European racing dogs being imported into Alaska.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’
Proto-Germanic *hundaz ‘dog’
Proto-West Germanic *hund ‘dog’
Old English hund
Middle English hound ‘a hunting or sporting dog’
English hound
The story
Coined by Alaska sled racing and dog expert Ivana Nolke from Euro- + hound, to distinguish the European racing dogs being imported into Alaska.
Today it means
noun A type of dog bred for sled dog racing, a cross of the Alaskan husky and any of a number of pointers, most often the German Shorthair Pointer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Eurohound