Where does “hengist” come from?

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

hengist (Lower Sorbian): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “hengist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhengest—
2Old Saxon*hengist—
3Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
4Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangistaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hangist →