Where does “Hengst” come from?

Hengst (German) comes from Middle High German hengest, from Old Saxon *hengist, from Proto-West Germanic hangist, from Proto-Germanic hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest-.

Hengst (German): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “Hengst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhengest—
2Old Saxon*hengist—
3Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
4Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—

Words derived from “Hengst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangistaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hangist →