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Where does “fēst” come from?

fēst (Old Frisian) 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.

Ancestry of “fēst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fēst”

  • Fäste
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