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

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *hangist”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 210: “PWGmc *hangist”

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