Where does “vuis” come from?

vuis (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch vuist, from Middle Dutch vuust, from Old Dutch fūst, from Proto-West Germanic fūsti, from Proto-Germanic funstiz, from Proto-Indo-European pnsti-, from Proto-Indo-European pnksti-, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

vuis (Afrikaans): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “vuis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvuistfist
2Middle Dutchvuust—
3Old Dutchfūst—
4Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
5Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →