Where does “Faustballer” come from?

Faustballer (German) comes from German Faustball, 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.

Faustballer (German): fistball player male or of unspecified sex

Definitions

  1. fistball player male or of unspecified sex

Ancestry of “Faustballer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaustballfistball
2GermanFaustfist
3Middle High Germanfūst—
4Old High Germanfūstfist
5Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
6Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnsti- →