*hangistaz

Runic: ᚺᚨᚾᚷᛁᛊᛏᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈxɑŋ.ɡis.tɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

horse, stallion

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱestos, *kankestos (‘horse’), with further analysis rather uncertain; the word appears to trace back further to a root *ḱenk- (‘to gallop, move agilely’), though the morphology is not exactly clear, and may be cognate with Lithuanian šankùs (‘nimble’), as well as Welsh caseg (‘mare’) and Persian خنگ (xeng, ‘gray horse’). Compare also *hanhaz (‘heel’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	hangistaz	hangistōz, hangistōs
Acc.	hangistą	hangistanz
Gen.	hangistas, hangistis	hangistǫ̂
Dat.	hangistai	hangistamaz
Inst.	hangistō	hangistamiz
Voc.	hangist	hangistōz, hangistōs

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Descendants

*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengist (Old Dutch)
  - hengest, hinxt, henxt (Middle Dutch)
    - hengst (Dutch)
      - hings (Afrikaans)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengest, hengst (Old English)
  - henxman, henxtman, henshman (Middle English)
    - hensman, henceman (Scots)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengest, hengst (Old English)
  - henxman, henxtman, henshman (Middle English)
    - henchman (English)
      - hanchman (Scots)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengst, hangst, hanxt, hingst (Old Frisian)
  - hingst (North Frisian)
  - Houngst, Hoangst (Saterland Frisian)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengst, hangst, hanxt, hingst (Old Frisian)
  - hynst (West Frisian)
    - hynder (West Frisian)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengist (Old High German)
  - hengest, hengst (Middle High German)
    - Hengscht (Alemannic German)
    - Hengst (German)
    - Hengscht (Luxembourgish)
    - ? (Rhine Franconian)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengist (Old Saxon)
  - hengest, hingest, hengst, hingst (Middle Low German)
    - hingst (Danish)
    - Hingst (German Low German)
    - hengist (Lower Sorbian)
    - hingst (Norwegian)
*hangist (Proto-West Germanic)
- hengist (Old Saxon)
  - hengest, hingest, hengst, hingst (Middle Low German)
    - hingist (Old Swedish)
      - hingst (Swedish)
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- hestr (Old Norse)
  - est (Elfdalian)
  - hestur (Faroese)
  - häst (Gutnish)
  - hestur (Icelandic)
  - hest (Norn)
  - hest, hesten (Scots)
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- hestr (Old Norse)
  - hester (Middle Norwegian)
    - hest, hest’e, heist (Norwegian Nynorsk)
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- hestr (Old Norse)
  - hæst (Old Danish)
    - hæst (Scanian)
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- hestr (Old Norse)
  - hæst (Old Danish)
    - hest (Danish)
      - hiisti, hesti (Greenlandic)
      - hest (Norwegian Bokmål)
ᚺᚨᚷᛖᛋᛏᚢᛗᛦ (hagestumʀ) (Proto-Norse)
- hestr (Old Norse)
  - hæster (Old Swedish)
    - häst (Swedish)

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