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Where does “Panzerfaust” come from?

Panzerfaust (English) comes from German Panzerfaust, from German Faust, from Middle High German fūst, from Old High German fūst, from Proto-West Germanic fūsti, from Proto-Germanic funstiz, from Proto-Indo-European pnsti-, from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- — five.

Panzerfaust (English): A light, single-shot anti-tank grenade launcher...

Definitions

  1. A light, single-shot anti-tank grenade launcher...

Ancestry of “Panzerfaust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPanzerfaustPanzerfaust
2GermanFaustfist
3Middle High Germanfūst—
4Old High Germanfūstfist
5Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
6Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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