fyst

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fyst

1. past participle of fyse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

fyst

1. neuter of fys

Etymology 2

Participle

fyst (definite singular and plural fyste)

1. past participle of fyse

Verb

fyst

1. supine of fyse

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fūsti, from Proto-Germanic *funstiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pnsti-, a variant of *pnksti-, *pn̥kʷsti (“fist”), a derivative of *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with Old Frisian fest (West Frisian fest), Old Saxon fūst, Dutch vuist, Old High German fūst (German Faust), and with Russian пясть (pjastʹ, “palm of the hand”), Polish pięść (“fist”), Serbo-Croatian pȇst (“fist”) and pȑst (“finger”), Lithuanian kumštis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fyːst/

Noun

fȳst f

1. the fist

Declension

Declension of fȳst (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	fȳst	fȳste, fȳsta
accusative	fȳst, fȳste	fȳste, fȳsta
genitive	fȳste	fȳsta
dative	fȳste	fȳstum

Descendants

• Middle English: fist, fust, fest, feest, vest
  • English: fist
  • Scots: fist, fyst
  • Yola: hist, fest