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Where does “voust” come from?

voust (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 “voust”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voust”

  • Panzerfaust
  • faustisch
  • Faust
  • Fausthandschuh
  • Panzerfaust
  • Faustfeuerwaffe
  • Faustschlag
  • Faust
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