Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fast

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fast

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fastaz.

Adjective

*fast[1]

1. fixed, fast

Inflection

a-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fast	*fastu	*fast
Accusative	*fastanā	*fastā	*fast
Genitive	*fastas	*fasteʀā	*fastas
Dative	*fastumē	*fasteʀē	*fastumē
Instrumental	*fastu	*fasteʀu	*fastu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	*fastē	*fastō	*fastu
Accusative	*fastā	*fastā	*fastu
Genitive	*fasteʀō	*fasteʀō	*fasteʀō
Dative	*fastēm, *fastum	*fastēm, *fastum	*fastēm, *fastum
Instrumental	*fastēm, *fastum	*fastēm, *fastum	*fastēm, *fastum

Alternative forms

• *fastī

Derived terms

• *fastēn
• *fastinōn

Descendants

• Old English: fæst
  • Middle English: fæst, fest, fast
    • Scots: fest, fast
    • English: fast
• Old Frisian: fest
  • Saterland Frisian: fääst
  • West Frisian: fêst
• Old Saxon: fast
  • Middle Low German: vast
    • Low German: fast
• Old Dutch: fast
  • Middle Dutch: vast
    • Dutch: vast
• Old High German: fast

References

1. Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *fast”