Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fast
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *fastuz (“secure, firm, fixed”).
Adjective
[edit]*fast[1]
Inflection
[edit]| a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | ||
| Nominative | *fast | ||
| Genitive | *fastas | ||
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fast | *fastu | *fast |
| Accusative | *fastanā | *fastā | *fast |
| Genitive | *fastas | *fasteʀā | *fastas |
| Dative | *fastumē | *fasteʀē | *fastumē |
| Instrumental | *fastu | *fasteʀu | *fastu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | *fastē | *fastō | *fastu |
| Accusative | *fastā | *fastā | *fastu |
| Genitive | *fasteʀō | *fasteʀō | *fasteʀō |
| Dative | *fastēm, *fastum | *fastēm, *fastum | *fastēm, *fastum |
| Instrumental | *fastēm, *fastum | *fastēm, *fastum | *fastēm, *fastum |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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”