Where does “Faust” come from?
Faust (Hunsrik) comes 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.
Faust (Hunsrik): fist
Ancestry of “Faust”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | fūst | — |
| 2 | Old High German | fūst | fist |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | fūsti | fist |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | funstiz | fist |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pnsti- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pnksti- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |