Where does “vist” come from?

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

Ancestry of “vist”, step by step

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

Words derived from “vist

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pesd-