Where does “pjasć” come from?

pjasć (Upper Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic pęstь, from Proto-Indo-European pn̥kʷ-sti, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.

pjasć (Upper Sorbian): fist

Definitions

  1. fist

Ancestry of “pjasć”, 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 →