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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *fastia-, *fastu-; *fastēn- vb.
Meaning: fast, firm
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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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *past-
Meaning: fixed, firm, fortified
Old Indian: pastyà- n. `stall, stable' ( < 'fester Wohnsitz'?)
Armenian: hast (i-St.) `fest'
Russ. meaning: укрепленный
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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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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