Where does “hengist” come from?

hengist (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic hangist, from Proto-Germanic hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest-.

Ancestry of “hengist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
2Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—

Words derived from “hengist”

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