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
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- fast Norwegian Bokmål
- *fastuz Proto-Germanic
- *fastǭ Proto-Germanic
- fastna Swedish
- fastställa Swedish
- hålla Swedish
- hållfast Swedish
- ställa Swedish
- tro Swedish
- trofast Swedish
- trofasthet 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
- faster Old Swedish
- fȧst Westrobothnian
- fest Old Frisian