Where does “Feist” come from?

Feist (German) comes from Middle High German veizet, from Old High German feizzit, from Proto-West Germanic faitid, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.

Feist (German): fart

Definitions

  1. fart

Ancestry of “Feist”, step by step

Feist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German veizet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanveizet—
2Old High Germanfeizzit—
3Proto-West Germanicfaitidfattened, made fat
4Proto-West Germanicfaitfat
5Proto-Germanicfaitazfat
6Proto-Indo-EuropeanpoyH-—
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanpeyH-fat, milk

via Middle High German vist

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanvist—
2Proto-Germanic*fistiz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpesd-to fart softly, pass gas, break wind

Words derived from “Feist”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peyH- →