fise

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)peys-“to blow, breathe”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*fīsaną“to break wind”
3. Old Norse · derived fromfísa“to break wind”
4. Middle English · inherited fromfise
5. English todayfise

From Middle English fise, fyse, from Old Norse físa (“to break wind”) (whence also Danish fise), from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną (“to break wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). More at fist.

Words from the same roots