Where does “hingist” come from?

hingist (Old Swedish) comes from Middle Low German hengest, from Proto-West Germanic hangist, from Proto-Germanic hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest-.

hingist (Old Swedish): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “hingist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanhengest—
2Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
3Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—

Words derived from “hingist”

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