Where does “Faust” come from?

Faust (German) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

Faust (German): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “Faust”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Faust”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnsti- →