Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “veste” come from?

veste (Middle High German) comes from Old High German festī, from Proto-Germanic fastuz — fixed, firm, secure.

Ancestry of “veste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanfestī—
2Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “veste”

  • Feste
  • Grundfeste
Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →