Etymology

sleuthhound

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Today it means: A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland. Full definition →

Middle English sluth hunde
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsluth hunde
  2. English todaysleuthhound

From Middle English sluth hunde (and earlier as slodogge), from Old Norse slóð (“track”) + hound.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.