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
Ancestry of “pjasć”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Slavic | pęstь | fist |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | pn̥kʷ-sti | fist |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |