Where does “*hengist” come from?

*hengist (Old Saxon) 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 →