Given name & surname · also German

Hengst

Hengst is a surname from German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Hengst comes from German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Hengst, from Middle High German hengest, from Old High German hengist, from Proto-West Germanic *hangist, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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