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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fastēn
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fastijaną.
Verb
*fastēn
- to fast, to abstain from food and/or drink
Inflection
| Class 3 weak | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *fastēn | |
| 1st sg. past | *fast?dā | |
| Infinitive | *fastēn | |
| Genitive infin. | *fastēnijas | |
| Dative infin. | *fastēnijē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *fastēniju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fastē | *fast?dā |
| 2nd singular | *fastēs | *fast?dēs, *fast?dēs |
| 3rd singular | *fastēþ | *fast?dē, *fast?dā |
| 1st plural | *fastēm | *fast?dum |
| 2nd plural | *fastēþ | *fast?dud |
| 3rd plural | *fastēnþ | *fast?dun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *fastē | *fast?dī |
| 2nd singular | *fastēs | *fast?dī |
| 3rd singular | *fastē | *fast?dī |
| 1st plural | *fastēm | *fast?dīm |
| 2nd plural | *fastēþ | *fast?dīd |
| 3rd plural | *fastēn | *fast?dīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *fastē | |
| Plural | *fastēþ | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *fastēndī | *fast?d |
Descendants
- Old English: festia
- Old Saxon: *fastōn
- Middle Low German: fasten, vasten
- German Low German: fasten
- Middle Low German: fasten, vasten
- Old Dutch: *faston
- Middle Dutch: vasten
- Dutch: vasten
- Middle Dutch: vasten
- Old High German: fastēn
- Middle High German: vasten
- Cimbrian: bastan
- German: fasten
- Luxembourgish: faaschten
- Yiddish: פֿאַסטן (fastn)
- Middle High German: vasten