Editing Komondor (section)

==Etymology and history==
Komondors were brought to Hungary by [[Cumans]], the Turkic speaking, nomadic people who settled in Hungary during the 12th and 13th century. The name Komondor derives from ''*Koman-dor'', meaning "Cuman dog".  The breed descends from [[List of Tibetan dog breeds|Tibetan dogs]] and came from Asia with the Cumans, whose homeland might have been near the [[Yellow River]]. In the late 10th century, Mongols began to expand their territories at the expense of the Cumans, forcing them to move westwards. Fleeing from the Mongols, they reached the borders of Hungary in the 12th century. Cumans were granted asylum and settled in Hungary in 1239 under [[Köten]] Khan.<ref name=history /> Komondor remains have been found in Cuman gravesites.

The name "quman-dur" means "belonging to the Cumans" or "the dog of the Cumans", thus distinguishing it from a similar Hungarian sheepdog breed which later merged with the Komondor. The name Komondor is found for the first time written in 1544 in the ''History of King Astiagis'' by [[Péter Kákonyi]], in [[History of the Hungarian language|Early Modern Hungarian]]. Later, in 1673, [[Amos Comenius]] mentions the Komondor in one of his works.<ref>Komondor, kuvasz. Ujváriné Lukács Ildikó.</ref> 
Today, the Komondor is a fairly common breed in Hungary, its country of origin. Many Komondors were killed during [[World War II]] and local stories say that this was because when the Germans (and then the Russians) invaded, they had to kill the dog before they could capture a farm or house that it guarded.

[[File:Komondor male 03.jpg|thumb|280px|The Komondor is a large dog. Young male Komondor, just over 12 months old, no proper cords developed yet]]
The Komondor is related to the [[South Russian Ovcharka]], the [[Puli dog|Puli]] and, by extension, the [[Pumi dog|Pumi]], the [[Mudi]], the [[Polish Lowland Sheepdog]], the [[Schapendoes]], the [[Bearded collie]], and the [[Old English sheepdog]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beardedcollieclub.us/ |title=Bearded Collie Club of America |access-date=25 April 2016 |quote=Its ancestors likely included herding dogs from the European continent, such as the Poland Lowland Sheepdog (Polski Owzcarek Nizinny) and the Komondor, blended with the sheep herding dogs of the British Isles.}}</ref> In 1947, the Komondor was used to acquire fresh blood in the rare South Russian Ovcharka. In the 1970s, another Komondor cross was made.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euphoric.cz/ovtcharka-history.php |title=South Russian Ovtcharka History |website=Euphoric Black Blossom |access-date=25 April 2016 |quote=To maintain some semblance of breed and bloodline, these pure-breds were crossed with dogs of SRO-type but unknown heritage. In 1947 the Komondor was used to acquire fresh blood; in the [1970s] another Komondor cross was made.}}</ref> It is also believed to be related to the [[Briard]], the [[Catalonian Sheepdog]], the [[Cão da Serra de Aires]], the [[Pyrenean Shepherd]] and the [[Bergamasco shepherd]], but the Bergamasco has flocks unlike the Komondor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bergamascousa.com/judge-education/ |title=Judging the Bergamasco Sheepdog |website=Bergamasco Sheepdog Club of America |access-date=25 April 2016}}</ref>

The two Hungarian breeds of livestock guardian dogs have evolved independently. This is because the Komondor was developed by a group of people who called it the Kuman-dor, the dog of the Cumans, and the [[Kuvasz]] was bred by a different people - the [[Magyars]]. For much of Hungary's early history, these two peoples lived in separate areas in Hungary, spoke different languages and so did not mix. As a result, their dogs have little, if any at all, admixture.