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Where does “Fausthandschuh” come from?

Fausthandschuh (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.

Fausthandschuh (German): mitten

Definitions

  1. mitten

Ancestry of “Fausthandschuh”, step by step

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