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Where does “pięść” come from?

pięść (Polish) comes from Proto-Slavic pęstь, from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pięść (Polish): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “pięść”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicpęstьfist
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpn̥kʷ-stifist
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive

Words derived from “pięść”

  • piącha
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →