Where does “vuistvechter” come from?

vuistvechter (Dutch) 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.

vuistvechter (Dutch): boxer

Definitions

  1. boxer

Ancestry of “vuistvechter”, step by step

vuistvechter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vuist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvuistfist
2Middle Dutchvuust
3Old Dutchfūst
4Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
5Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Dutch vechter

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvechtera fighter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe