From Old English (before 12th century), from Proto-Germanic '*huntojan' ("to hunt, pursue"), from PIE *kend- ("to seize, catch (uncertain)").
To pursue and kill wild animals for food or sport; to search determinedly for something.
From Old English 'huntian' (to hunt, chase game), from Proto-Germanic '*huntojan,' possibly from PIE root *kend- (to seize, catch). Some scholars connect it to 'hand' through the idea of capturing or seizing, though this is debated. The Old English word initially referred specifically to hunting with hounds — the close association between hunting and dogs
After 1066, the Normans imposed French hunting vocabulary on England — 'venison,' 'quarry,' 'chase,' 'forest,' 'park' are all French. But the Anglo-Saxon peasants who actually did the hunting kept their own word. This is why 'hunt' (Germanic) survived alongside the elaborate French terminology of aristocratic