Where does “fysten” come from?

fysten (Middle English) comes from Proto-Germanic *fistiz, from Proto-Indo-European pesd- — to fart softly, pass gas, break wind.

Ancestry of “fysten”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fysten”

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