Where does “neufaastagh” come from?
neufaastagh (Manx) comes from Manx faast, from Old Frisian fēst, 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.
neufaastagh (Manx): incompressible
Ancestry of “neufaastagh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Manx | faast | squeeze, twist, wring; filament |
| 2 | Old Frisian | fēst | — |
| 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 |