hestur
Faroese
/ˈhɛstʊɹ/
noun
Definitions
- stallion
- horse in general
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse hestr (horse, stallion) derived from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (stallion) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱanḱest-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *kankest-, *ḱanḱest- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱanḱest- Proto-Indo-European
- *hangistaz Proto-Germanic
- *hanhistaz Proto-Germanic
- *hengstmann Old English
- hestr Old Norse
- hvíldarhestr Old Norse
- hest Danish
- hestur Icelandic
- خنگ Persian
- hengist Old High German
- hav Faroese
- havhestur Faroese
- hengest Middle High German
- *hangist gmw-pro
- *hengist Old Dutch
- hengest Middle Low German
- hæster Old Swedish
- hist Westrobothnian
- hester Middle Norwegian