Etymology

Hengst

H4E1N1G2S1T1

Today it means: A surname from German. Full definition →

German Hengst ← Middle High German hengest ← Old High German hengist
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*hangistaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hangist
  3. Old High Germanhengist
  4. Middle High Germanhengest
  5. GermanHengst
  6. English todayHengst

Borrowed from German Hengst.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.