Where does “fȳst” come from?

fȳst (Old English) comes 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.

fȳst (Old English): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “fȳst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
2Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “fȳst

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European pnksti-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnsti-