whippet
'a small, fast type of dog’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. wepit, whippett, whippit < whip ‘move quickly’ + -et < O.F. -et, -ette < Vulgar Lat. -ittum / -itta < uht < -et < Tamil iṭṭu
whippet
English words derived from iṭṭu connoting 'small'