Where does “fisten” come from?

fisten (Middle English) comes from Old English fistan, from Proto-Germanic fistaz, from Proto-Germanic fīsaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Ancestry of “fisten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfistan—
2Proto-Germanicfistazbreaking wind, fart
3Proto-Germanicfīsanąto blow; to fart
4Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Words derived from “fisten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fīsaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic fistaz →