Where does “fister” come from?

fister (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.

fister (English): Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of...

Definitions

  1. Someone who takes part in the sexual practice of...

Ancestry of “fister”, step by step

fister 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 English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe