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Where does “fūst” come from?

fūst (Old High German) 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.

fūst (Old High German): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “fūst”, step by step

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

Words derived from “fūst”

  • Panzerfaust
  • faustisch
  • Faust
  • Fausthandschuh
  • Panzerfaust
  • Faustfeuerwaffe
  • Faustschlag
  • voust
  • vūst
  • fūst
  • Fauscht
  • Faust
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