Where does “Faustpfand” come from?

Faustpfand (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.

Faustpfand (German): security, pawn, pledge

Definitions

  1. security, pawn, pledge

Ancestry of “Faustpfand”, step by step

Faustpfand 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 Pfand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPfandpawn; pledge; can or bottle deposit
2Middle High Germanphant—
3Old High Germanphant—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →
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