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Where does “vuust” come from?

vuust (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch 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.

Ancestry of “vuust”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchfūst—
2Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
3Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “vuust”

  • foist
  • foister
  • foisty
  • foisteth
  • foistiness
  • foistware
  • vuist
  • vuisten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →