Words that come from Proto-Germanic “hangistaz”

78 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Germanic hangistaz — including henchman, hestur, hestaleiga, hest, havhestur, hestur, hengst, hings.

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Norwegian Bokmål (13)

Swedish (12)

Norwegian Nynorsk (11)

Danish (7)

Icelandic (4)

Middle Low German (4)

Old English (3)

Middle English (3)

English (2)

Faroese (2)

Dutch (2)

Afrikaans (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Old Norse (1)

German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Middle Norwegian (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)