Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “pnksti-”

48 words across 15 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- — including fist, fistful, foist, fistfight, fisting, fistic, tightfisted, fisticuff.

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English (32)

Dutch (2)

Old English (2)

Lithuanian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Old High German (1)

German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Proto-Germanic (1)

Portuguese (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Proto-Indo-European (1)

Middle English (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)