Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ḱanḱest-”

80 words across 28 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- — 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)

Persian (1)

Proto-Germanic (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)

Words from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- — 80 descendants | Etymology Explorer