Where does “пясть” come from?

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

пясть (Russian): metacarpus

Definitions

  1. metacarpus

Ancestry of “пясть”, step by step

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