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At the same time, notes Riley, the sausage that would become known as the hot dog came to U.S. shores by way of the Germans and Austrians, which is why we call them âfrankfurtersâ like Frankfurt, Germany, or âwieners,â named after Vienna, Austria.
Confidence votes 15.1K. The origin of the term 'hot dog' lies in the suggestion that sausages, because of their anonymous nature-finely-minced ingredients which could be anything-did indeed contain dog meat, as well as meat from any other stray, pet, wild, or feral creature sausage-makers could get hold of. think i have eaten my last hot dog. Brcause it is a dog It's called a 'dog' because of the shape -- resembling a dachshund.    The story is that the term hog dog was coined in 1902 during a Giants baseball game at the New York Polo grounds.