Where does “pest” come from?

pest (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic pęstь, from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pest (Serbo-Croatian): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “pest”, step by step

pest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Slavic pęstь

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

via Venetian pesto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Venetianpesto—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti →Every word from Proto-Slavic pęstь →