Where does “hynkszt” come from?

hynkszt (Silesian) 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-.

hynkszt (Silesian): stallion

Definitions

  1. stallion

Ancestry of “hynkszt”, 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 →