Where does “enkst” come from?

enkst (Polabian) comes from German Hengst, from Middle High German hengest, from Old Saxon *hengist, from Proto-West Germanic hangist, from Proto-Germanic hangistaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest-.

enkst (Polabian): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “enkst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanHengststallion
2Middle High Germanhengest—
3Old Saxon*hengist—
4Proto-West Germanichangiststallion
5Proto-Germanichangistazhorse, stallion
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱanḱest-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱanḱest- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hangistaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hangist →
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