Where does “пестник” come from?

пестник (Bulgarian) comes from Old Church Slavonic пѧсть, from Proto-Slavic pęstь, from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

пестник (Bulgarian): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “пестник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпѧстьfist
2Proto-Slavicpęstьfist
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpn̥kʷ-stifist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pęstь →