Where does “gefasst” come from?

gefasst (German) comes from German fassen, from Middle High German vazzen, from Old High German vaz, from Proto-Germanic fatą, from Proto-Indo-European pod- — vessel, container.

gefasst (German): cool, with composure; past participle of fassen

Definitions

  1. cool, with composure; past participle of fassen

Ancestry of “gefasst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfassento gird, to surround, to confine into a form; to...
2Middle High Germanvazzen—
3Old High Germanvazvessel
4Proto-Germanicfatąvessel, container
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpod-vessel, container

Words derived from “gefasst”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pod- →