feist
German (Berlin)
/faɪ̯st/
adj
Definitions
- (pejorative) fat of a person
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German veizet inherited from Old High German feizzit inherited from *faitid (fatted).
Origin
*faitid
Gloss
fatted
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pinguid English
- pinguamen Latin
- pinguedo Latin
- pinguis Latin
- vulgaris Latin
- pingue Italian
- пингви́н Russian
- pingüe Spanish, Castilian
- *peyH- Proto-Indo-European
- fætt Old English
- fǣtt Old English
- pen Welsh
- pen gwyn Welsh
- feizit Old High German
- feizitī Old High German
- feizzit Old High German
- veizet Middle High German
- *faitid gmw-pro
- fētit Old Dutch
- vet Middle Low German
- *fētid Old Saxon