hunt

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱent-“to catch, seize”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*huntōn“to hunt, capture”
3. Old English · inherited fromhuntian“to hunt”
4. Middle English · inherited fromhunten
5. English todayhunt

From Middle English hunten, from Old English huntian (“to hunt”), from Proto-West Germanic *huntōn (“to hunt, capture”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to catch, seize”). Related to Old High German hunda (“booty”), Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃 (hunþs, “body of captives”), Old English hūþ (“plunder, booty, prey”), Old English hentan (“to catch, seize”). More at hent, hint. In some areas read as a collective form of hound by folk etymology.