Where does “Faustfeuerwaffe” come from?

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

Faustfeuerwaffe (German): A handgun; a gun that is fit to be wielded in a...

Definitions

  1. A handgun; a gun that is fit to be wielded in a...

Ancestry of “Faustfeuerwaffe”, step by step

Faustfeuerwaffe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Faust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFaustfist
2Middle High Germanfūst—
3Old High Germanfūstfist
4Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
5Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via German Feuerwaffe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFeuerwaffefirearm
2GermanFeuerfire; fire; the act of firing; a means for...
3Middle High Germanviurfire
4Old High Germanfiurfire
5Proto-West Germanicfuirfire
6Proto-Germanicfōrfire
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wr̥bonfire; spelt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →