we call it “fart with gravy”

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    Both names come from the same word (Petrus or Petros meaning rock). As you might expect, German “fist” and French “péter” for “fart” are distant cousins too: “pezd-” -> “fistiz” -> “vist” -> “fist” or “pezd-” -> “peditum” -> “pét” -> “péter”.

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      I love etymology! In terms of PIE that means that in “Peter farted five times during fisting.”, 4 words have the same root.