häst
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a horse; a large mammal, Equus caballus
- (chess) knight
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish hæster inherited from Old Norse hestr (horse, stallion) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (stallion) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *kankest-, *ḱanḱest-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*kankest-, *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
- Island Swedish
- axelhästkraft Swedish
- dvärgflodhäst Swedish
- flod Swedish
- flodhäst Swedish
- huvud Swedish
- hästhuvud Swedish
- hästkastanj Swedish
- hästkraft Swedish
- hästkött Swedish
- hästpolo Swedish
- hästsko Swedish
- hästskötare Swedish
- islandshäst Swedish
- kastanj Swedish
- kraft Swedish
- käpp Swedish
- käpphäst Swedish
- kött Swedish
- lös Swedish
- löshäst Swedish
- plugga Swedish
- plugghäst Swedish
- polo Swedish
- sjö Swedish
- sjöhäst Swedish
- sko Swedish
- skötare Swedish
- *hengstmann Old English
- hestr Old Norse
- hvíldarhestr Old Norse
- hest Danish
- hestur Icelandic
- hengist Old High German
- hestur Faroese
- hengest Middle High German
- *hangist gmw-pro
- *hengist Old Dutch
- hengest Middle Low German
- hæster Old Swedish
- hist Westrobothnian
- hester Middle Norwegian