English
sleuthhound
Sleuthhound comes from Middle English sluth hunde.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sluth hunde
- Englishearliest quotation 1894sleuthhound
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500sluth hunde
- Englishearliest quotation 1894sleuthhound
Earliest quotation: 1894, S. R. Crockett: “Sometimes he pursued the wily burn trout with relentless…”
A compound of slóð ‘track’ + hound
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
Every English word from Middle English sluth hunde
Today it means
noun A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English sluth hunde / sleuthhound