The story
- Old English · inherited fromhundlīċ“of or like dogs, canine”
- Middle English · inherited fromhoundly
- English todayhoundly
From Middle English houndly, houndely, from Old English hundlīċ (“of or like dogs, canine”), equivalent to hound + -ly. Cognate with Middle Dutch hondelike (“doglike”), Middle High German huntlich (“doglike”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.