Where does “pěst” come from?

pěst (Czech) comes from Old Czech pěst, from Proto-Slavic pęstь, from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pěst (Czech): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “pěst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czechpěstfist
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 →