Where does “hengest” come from?

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

hengest (Old English): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “hengest”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hengest”

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