köken: First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 가ᇰ아지 (Yale: kang.aci). From 가히 (Yale: kahi, “dog”) (> 개 (gae)) + -ᅌᅡ지 (Yale: -ngaci, diminutive suffix).
a dog, a hound (animal) · a ‘dog’ constellation or ‘dog’ star: either Canis Major, its brightest star Sirius; or Canis Minor, its brightest star Procyon · a dog, a hound, a bounder, a blackguard, a cad, a heel (foul person)
çekim: çoğul canēs · tamlayan canum
eş: lātrātor
köken: From earlier canēs. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ, *ḱun- (“dog”), from earlier *ḱwón-s, whence also Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), though the expected outcome was formally much altered. The -a- gained a number of ad hoc explanations, such as a shift of *-wo- to *-wa- in open syllables, or of *-n̥- to -an- before vowels. The initial unrounded c- must have been…
köken: Inherited from Malay anjing, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian and Proto-Austronesian *asu, presumably through an independent replacement of the last syllable in Proto-Malayic *asu(ʔ) to create a polite register form, or through borrowing from Old Javanese añjiṅ.
köken: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to call out, bark, cry”), see also kalbà (“language”), Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō, “to call”), Proto-Celtic *kalyākos (“rooster”), or alternatively, Ancient Greek σκῠ́λᾰξ (skŭ́lăx, “whelp”).
Derived from Middle High German schurgen, schürgen (“to shove, push, egg on”) in the 16th century, from Old High German scurgen. This verb is related to (but probably not the direct ancestor of) modern schüren (“to stir, stoke up”); compare Old High German fiurscurio (“villain”, literally “he who stokes up fire”). Middle High German schurgen shows Upper German umlaut blocking in -ur- + consonant.…