English
houndly
Houndly comes from Old English hundlīċ ‘of or like dogs, canine’, and goes back to hund.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hund
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150hundlīċ‘of or like dogs, canine’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500houndly
- Englishearliest quotation 1865same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hund
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150hundlīċ‘of or like dogs, canine’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500houndly
- Englishearliest quotation 1865same form
Earliest quotation: 1865, Baily's Magazine of sports and pastimes: “[...] all of which really ought to be secondary…”
Formed from hound + -ly
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
Linked words
through Old English hund
Today it means
adj Of, like, or characteristic of hounds or dogs; doglike; dogly; canine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hund / houndly