Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fastijan

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-Germanic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸɑs.ti.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Etymology 1

From *fastuz +‎ *-janą.

Verb

*fastijan

1. to fasten

Inflection

Conjugation of *fastijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fastijō	*fastijaų	—	*fastijai	?
2nd singular	*fastīsi	*fastijais	*fastī	*fastijasai	*fastijaisau
3rd singular	*fastīþi	*fastijai	*fastijaþau	*fastijaþai	*fastijaiþau
1st dual	*fastijōs	*fastijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fastijaþiz	*fastijaiþiz	*fastijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fastijamaz	*fastijaim	—	*fastijanþai	*fastijainþau
2nd plural	*fastīþ	*fastijaiþ	*fastīþ	*fastijanþai	*fastijainþau
3rd plural	*fastijanþi	*fastijain	*fastijanþau	*fastijanþai	*fastijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fastidǭ	*fastidēdį̄
2nd singular	*fastidēz	*fastidēdīz
3rd singular	*fastidē	*fastidēdī
1st dual	*fastidēdū	*fastidēdīw
2nd dual	*fastidēdudiz	*fastidēdīdiz
1st plural	*fastidēdum	*fastidēdīm
2nd plural	*fastidēdud	*fastidēdīd
3rd plural	*fastidēdun	*fastidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fastijandz	*fastidaz

Descendants

• Old English: fæstan
  • English: fast
• Old Frisian: festa
• Old Saxon: festian
• Old Dutch: festen
  • Middle Dutch: vesten
    • Dutch: vesten
• Old High German: festen

Etymology 2

Derived from *fastuz (“firm”).

Verb

*fastijan

1. to observe, hold firm to
2. to fast, to abstain from food and/or drink

Derived terms

• *fastubniją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fastēn
  • Old English: festia
  • Old Saxon: *fastōn
    • Middle Low German: fasten, vasten
      • German Low German: fasten
  • Old Dutch: *faston
    • Middle Dutch: vasten
      • Dutch: vasten
  • Old High German: fastēn
    • Middle High German: vasten
      • Cimbrian: bastan
      • German: fasten
      • Luxembourgish: faaschten
      • Yiddish: פֿאַסטן (fastn)
• Old Norse: fasta
  • Icelandic: fasta
  • Faroese: fasta
  • Norwegian: faste
  • Old Swedish: fasta
    • Swedish: fasta
  • Danish: faste
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastan)

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN