Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hangistaz

This Proto-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-Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hanhistaz

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”),[1] as well as Welsh caseg (“mare”) and Persian خنگ (xeng, “gray horse”). Compare also *hanhaz (“heel”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑŋ.ɡi.stɑz/

Noun

*hangistaz m[1]

  1. horse, stallion

Inflection

Declension of *hangistaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *hangistaz *hangistōz, *hangistōs
vocative *hangist *hangistōz, *hangistōs
accusative *hangistą *hangistanz
genitive *hangistas, *hangistis *hangistǫ̂
dative *hangistai *hangistamaz
instrumental *hangistō *hangistamiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hanhista- ~ *hangista-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 209

Further reading

  • Mees, Bernard. Early Germanic *hanha- ‘horse’ and *hanhistaz / *hangistaz ‘stallion’. In Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik, volume 80, issue 3, pp. 243–254. →DOI
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