Where does “pięściak” come from?

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

pięściak (Polish): biface, hand axe

Definitions

  1. biface, hand axe

Ancestry of “pięściak”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpięśćfist
2Proto-Slavicpęstьfist
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpn̥kʷ-stifist
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pęstь →