Where does “fastest” come from?
fastest (German) comes from German fasten, from Middle High German vasten, from Old High German fastēn, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from Proto-Germanic fastāną, from Proto-Germanic -āną, from Proto-Germanic -ajaną, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti — he, she.
fastest (German): inflection of fasten: ## second-person singular...
Definitions
- inflection of fasten: ## second-person singular...
Ancestry of “fastest”, step by step
fastest traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German fasten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fasten | to fast; inflection of fasen: ##... |
| 2 | Middle High German | vasten | — |
| 3 | Old High German | fastēn | to fast |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fastēn | to fast, to abstain from food and/or drink |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fastāną | to observe, hold firm to; to fast, to abstain... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -āną | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives, later... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -ajaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German fasen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | fasen | to chamfer |
| 2 | German | fase | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | face | face; surface, side; head |
| 4 | Latin | faciēs | make, form, shape, figure, configuration |
| 5 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 6 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 7 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |