Where does “yþhengest” come from?

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

yþhengest (Old English): ship

Definitions

  1. ship

Ancestry of “yþhengest”, step by step

yþhengest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English hengest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhengeststallion
2Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
3Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—

via Old English ȳþ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishȳþwave, billow, flood, sea, liquid, water
2Proto-Germanicunþīwave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanunt-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangistaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hangist →