Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *past-

Meaning: fixed, firm, fortified

Old Indian: pastyà- n. `stall, stable' ( < 'fester Wohnsitz'?)

Armenian: hast (i-St.) `fest'

Germanic: *fast-i-, *fast-u- adj.; *fast-ē- vb.

Russ. meaning: укрепленный

References: WP II 7 f

Germanic etymology :

Proto-Germanic: *fastia-, *fastu-; *fastēn- vb.

Meaning: fast, firm

IE etymology: IE etymology

Gothic: fastan wk. `hold, guard, fast'

Old Norse: fast-r `fest, hart, stark'; fasta wk. `fasten'

Norwegian: fast

Old Swedish: Run. PN ui-fostr, gen. sg. kuɵ-fastaR

Swedish: fast; fasta vb.

Danish: fast; faste vb.

Old English: fäst `fast, fixed, firm, stiff, solid, constant, fortified'; { fäste adv.; fästan }

English: fast adj., adv.; to fast

Old Saxon: fast adj.; fasto `fest, unerschüttet, eindringlich, gründlich, sehr'

Middle Dutch: vast adj.; vast(e) adv.; vasten

Dutch: vast adj., adv.; vasten

Old Franconian: fast

Middle Low German: vast adj.; vaste adv.; vasten

Old High German: festi (8.Jh.) `hard, stark, beständig'; fasto adv. `fest, eng, sicher, voll und ganz; sehr' (um 800); fastēn (9.Jh.)

Middle High German: vɛst(e) adj. 'nicht weich, fest, hart, stark, beständig; sicher'; vast adj. `fest, stark, befestigt'; vasten wk. 'fasten'

German: fest adj., fast adv.; fasten

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Pokorny's dictionary :

Number: 1450

Root: pasto-

English meaning: solid

German meaning: `fest'

Material: Ai. pastyá-m `Wohnsitz'; arm. hast (i-St.) `fest'; aisl. fastr, ags. fæst, as. fast, ahd. festi, nhd. fest.

References: WP. II 7 f.

Pages: 789

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