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If the English word “hound” derives from the Germanic “hund”, isn’t the term “hound dog” redundant?




Old English hund (in the general sense ‘dog’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hond and German Hund, from an Indo-European root shared by Greek kuōnkun-‘dog’.

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Posted - May 21, 2020

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    Well of course it's redundant.  Why do you think Elvis' "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog" was so popular (redundant lyrics).
      May 21, 2020 10:05 AM MDT
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