fyst

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

fyst

  1. past participle of fyse

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

fyst

  1. neuter of fys

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 fyst (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
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