Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hangist

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

*hangist m

1. stallion

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*hangist
Genitive	*hangistas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*hangist	*hangistō, *hangistōs
Accusative	*hangist	*hangistā
Genitive	*hangistas	*hangistō
Dative	*hangistē	*hangistum
Instrumental	*hangistu	*hangistum

Descendants

• Old English: hengest, hengst
  • ⇒ Middle English: henxman, henxtman, henshman
    • English: henchman
      • → Scots: hanchman
    • Scots: hensman, henceman (obsolete)
• Old Frisian: hengst, hangst, hanxt, hingst
  • North Frisian: hingst
  • Saterland Frisian: Houngst, Hoangst
  • West Frisian: hynst
    • ⇒ West Frisian: hynder
• Old Saxon: hengist
  • Middle Low German: hengest, hingest, hengst, hingst
    • German Low German: Hingst
    • → Danish: hingst
    • → Lower Sorbian: hengist
    • → Norwegian: hingst
    • → Old Swedish: hingist
      • Swedish: hingst
• Old Dutch: hengist
  • Middle Dutch: hengest, hinxt, henxt
    • Dutch: hengst
      • Afrikaans: hings
• Old High German: hengist
  • Middle High German: hengest, hengst
    • Alemannic German: Hengscht
    • German: Hengst
    • Luxembourgish: Hengscht
    • Rhine Franconian:

      Pennsylvania German: Hengscht