Where does “fise” come from?

fise (English) comes from English fist, from Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst, 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.

fise (English): An instance of flatulence

Definitions

  1. An instance of flatulence

Ancestry of “fise”, step by step

fise traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfistA hand with the fingers clenched or curled...
2Middle Englishfistfist
3Old Englishfȳstfist
4Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
5Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Middle English fise

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfise—
2Old Norsefísato break wind

Words derived from “fise”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →