Editing Greyhound (section)

===Etymology===
The name "Greyhound" is generally believed to come from the [[Old English]] {{lang|ang|'[[wikt:grighund|grighund]]'}}. {{lang|ang|Hund}} is the antecedent of the modern "hound", but the meaning of {{lang|ang|grig}} is undetermined, other than in reference to dogs in Old English and [[Old Norse]]. The word "hund" is still used for dogs in general in [[North Germanic languages|Scandinavian languages]] today. Its origin does not appear to have any common root with the modern word "grey"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richardson |first1=Charles |title=A New Dictionary of the English Language |date=1839 |publisher=Oxford University |page=357}}</ref> for color, and indeed the Greyhound is seen with a wide variety of coat colors. The lighter colors, patch-like markings and white appeared in the breed that was once ordinarily grey in color.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The Greyhound is the only dog mentioned by name in the [[Bible]] ({{Langx|he|זַרְזִיר מׇתְנַיִם}}, ''zarir mosna'im'') in {{bibleverse|Proverbs|30:29-31|JPS}}.{{Primary source inline|date=December 2023}} Many versions, including the [[Jewish Publication Society]] and [[King James Version]], name the Greyhound as one of the "three that are stately of stride". However, some newer biblical translations, including the [[New International Version]], have changed this to 'strutting rooster', which appears to be an alternative translation.

According to [[Julius Pokorny|Pokorny]],<ref name="Pokorny">Pokorny, ''Indogermanisches Woerterbuch'', pp. 441–442.</ref> the English term 'Greyhound' does not mean "grey dog/hound", but simply "fair dog". Subsequent words have been derived from the [[Proto-Indo-European root]] '''*g'her-''' "shine, twinkle": English 'grey', [[Old High German]] {{lang|goh|gris}} "grey, old", [[Old Norse|Old Icelandic]] {{Transliteration|non|griss}} "piglet, pig", Old Icelandic {{Transliteration|non|gryja}} "to dawn", {{Transliteration|non|gryjandi}} "morning twilight", [[Old Irish language|Old Irish]] {{lang|sga|grian}} "sun", [[Old Church Slavonic]] {{Transliteration|cu|zorja}} "morning twilight, brightness". The common sense of these words is "to shine; bright".{{Citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In 1928, the first winner of [[List of Best in Show winners of Crufts|Best in Show]] at [[Crufts]] was breeder/owner Mr. H. Whitley's Greyhound ''[[Primley Sceptre]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://publicimages.thekennelclub.org.uk/fotoweb/preview.fwx?position=25&archiveType=ImageFolder&sorting=AlfaNumericAsc&search=Best%20In%20Show&fileId=CAA309CA2B45FDD29219EA37FB8F3318B1E3BD5A8210D2E3D97D177413C599D30B09DE824120421FF42F7CBB7956AF6A04830F72BF837AF1985421389B90159C05C95DBF35CF1F925BD81D11FE94CB8625B0B90E54CB66303FFEA8D1C7C512623A510E5D14ABA248EB74246C91833C793DADBA15E6460876DC941FD8738ECE5330A5B5115C2ED07805F74E585E23E6A4C2FFB13E2B058F687719D91FF97F7FC1EB4C2D448ED73CAE1AD57CF342D09BD41BF4CC0F2F4EBAC46B3F6BCC6BA230F6&|title=(No.584, pp19 & 121)}}</ref> Greyhounds have won the award three times in total, the most recent being in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The winners from the past and present - Crufts|url=https://www.crufts.org.uk/about-us/past-and-present-winners/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.crufts.org.uk}}</ref>

Historically, English Greyhounds were grouped: two for coursing, as a "Brace", three for hunting, as a "Leash", otherwise known as a "couple and a half".<ref>''Turbervile's Booke of Hunting 1576'' Clarendon Press 1908 p242</ref>