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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“secure, firm, fixed”).
Adjective
*fast[1]
- fixed, fast
Inflection
| a-stem
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| Singular
|
Masculine
|
| Nominative
|
*fast
|
| Genitive
|
*fastas
|
| Singular
|
Masculine
|
Feminine
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Neuter
|
| Nominative
|
*fast
|
*fastu
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*fast
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| Accusative
|
*fastanā
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*fastā
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*fast
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| Genitive
|
*fastas
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*fasteʀā
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*fastas
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| Dative
|
*fastumē
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*fasteʀē
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*fastumē
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| Instrumental
|
*fastu
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*fasteʀu
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*fastu
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| Plural
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Masculine
|
Feminine
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Neuter
|
| Nominative
|
*fastē
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*fastō
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*fastu
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| Accusative
|
*fastā
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*fastā
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*fastu
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| Genitive
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*fasteʀō
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*fasteʀō
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*fasteʀō
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| Dative
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*fastēm, *fastum
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*fastēm, *fastum
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*fastēm, *fastum
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| Instrumental
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*fastēm, *fastum
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*fastēm, *fastum
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*fastēm, *fastum
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Derived terms
Descendants
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 *fast”
