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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fastinōn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *fast + *-inōn.
Verb
*fastinōn[1]
- to fasten, to make fast
Inflection
| Class 2 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fastinōn | |
| Infinitive | *fastinōn | |
| Genitive infin. | *fastinōnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *fastinōnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fastinōniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fastinō | *fastinōdā |
| 2nd singular | *fastinōs | *fastinōdēs, *fastinōdōs |
| 3rd singular | *fastinōþ | *fastinōdē, *fastinōdā |
| 1st plural | *fastinōm | *fastinōdum |
| 2nd plural | *fastinōþ | *fastinōdud |
| 3rd plural | *fastinōnþ | *fastinōdun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fastinō | *fastinōdī |
| 2nd singular | *fastinōs | *fastinōdī |
| 3rd singular | *fastinō | *fastinōdī |
| 1st plural | *fastinōm | *fastinōdīm |
| 2nd plural | *fastinōþ | *fastinōdīd |
| 3rd plural | *fastinōn | *fastinōdīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fastinō | |
| Plural | *fastinōþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fastinōndī | *fastinōd |
Descendants
- Old English: fæstnian
- Middle English: fastnen, festnen
- English: fasten
- Scots: festin
- Middle English: fastnen, festnen
- Old Frisian: festnia
- Old Saxon: *festinōn, fastnōn
- Middle Low German: vestenen
- Old Dutch: *festinon
- Middle Dutch: vestenen
- Old High German: festinōn
- Middle High German: festenen, vestenen
- German: festnen, festenen (obsolete)
- Middle High German: festenen, vestenen
References
- Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 131: “PWGmc *fastinōn”