fast

Swedish

adjective
Definitions
  • caught unable to move freely, captured
  • firm, fastened, unmoving
  • solid (as opposed to liquid)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish faster inherited from Old Norse fastr inherited from Proto-Germanic *fastuz (firm, fixed, secure).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*fastuz

Gloss

firm, fixed, secure

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