Where does “foist” come from?

I need to work through this chain carefully, but I notice a significant problem: the chain provided doesn't clearly connect to the English word "foist" in a standard etymological path, and some elements appear misaligned or unclear (mixing Dutch forms with PIE roots in a non-sequential way). However, following your instruction to "state only what the chain supports" and not invent steps, I cannot construct an accurate one-sentence etymology from this chain because: 1. The progression from Dutch vuisten → Middle Dutch vuysten → PIE doesn't follow conventional etymological ordering 2. The intermediate forms listed (Old Dutch -īn, Proto-Germanic -īnaz, etc.) appear to be suffix fragments rather than the word itself 3. There's no clear path showing how these elements produce "foist" **I cannot responsibly write the etymology sentence as requested because the chain itself appears corrupted or incorrectly formatted.** Could

foist (English): To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without...

Definitions

  1. To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without...

Ancestry of “foist”, step by step

foist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vuisten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchvuistenTo fist-fuck
2Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
3Middle Dutchendeand; end
4Old Dutchendiend
5Proto-West Germanicandīend
6Proto-Germanicandijazend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English fo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfoAbbreviation of folio., page and book size;...
2Englishfolioa leaf of a book or manuscript; A page of a book,...
3Latinfoliodative singular of folium; ablative singular of...
4Latinfoliuma leaf; a petal; a sheet or leaf of paper
5Proto-Italic*foljom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰolh₃yomleaf
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-

via English ist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishistA practitioner or supporter of an ism
2English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
3Old French-iste
4Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
5Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
6Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
7Proto-Hellenic-tās

Words derived from “foist

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-