faster
Old Swedish
adjective
Definitions
- fast, firm
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fastr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (firm, fixed, secure).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fastuz
Gloss
firm, fixed, secure
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fast Norwegian Bokmål
- *fastuz Proto-Germanic
- *fastǭ Proto-Germanic
- fast Swedish
- fastna Swedish
- fastställa Swedish
- hållfast Swedish
- trofast Swedish
- fast Norwegian Nynorsk
- fæst Old English
- fastr Old Norse
- fast Danish
- fastur Icelandic
- fast Old High German
- festen Old High German
- festi Old High German
- fastur Faroese
- *fastī gmw-pro
- fast Old Dutch
- afastar Old Portuguese
- fȧst Westrobothnian
- fest Old Frisian