köken: Borrowed from Low German Köter, from Middle Low German kȫter. Standard use since the 18th century. Further origin uncertain. Perhaps imitative of panting.
Canis · dog, wretch (annoying, worthless, or reprehensible person)
çekim: çoğul سگها
köken: From Middle Persian [Term?] (/sag/), from Old Persian *𐏂𐎣 (*çaka-) (compare an Iranian denotation of the dog *spaka-, Old Median σπάκα (spáka), Northern Kurdish se, seg, Northern Luri səy (سںی), and Old Armenian ասպակ (aspak, “dog”), from Middle Median *aspak), from Proto-Iranian *cwā́ (compare Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬁 (spā)), Pashto سپی (spëy)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́ (compare Sanskrit श्वन्…
dog (Canis lupus familiaris) · A derogatory term for a human; a reprehensible person
çekim: çoğul honden
köken: From Middle Dutch hont, from Old Dutch hunt, from Proto-West Germanic *hund, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, from *ḱwṓ. Cognate to German Hund, English hound.
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).
köken: From Old Swedish hunder, from Old Norse hundr, from Proto-Germanic *hundaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwn̥tós, a variant of *ḱwṓ (“dog”). Masculine in Late Modern Swedish. Akin to Gothic 𐌷𐌿𐌽𐌳𐍃 (hunds), English hound.
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…