Where does “fūst” come from?

fūst (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “fūst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fūst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnsti- →