Where does “Fuststriet” come from?

Fuststriet (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Fust, from Middle Low German vûst, from Old Saxon 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.

Fuststriet (Plautdietsch): fisticuffs, pugilism

Definitions

  1. fisticuffs, pugilism

Ancestry of “Fuststriet”, step by step

Fuststriet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Fust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschFustfist
2Middle Low Germanvûst—
3Old Saxonfūst—
4Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
5Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

via Plautdietsch Striet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStrietconflict
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnksti- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pnsti- →