Where does “vesten” come from?

vesten (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon fast, from Proto-West Germanic fastī, from Proto-Germanic fastuz — fixed, firm, secure.

vesten (Middle Low German): to fasten, to secure

Definitions

  1. to fasten, to secure

Ancestry of “vesten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonfastsolid, firm
2Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
3Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “vesten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fastī →Every word from Old Saxon fast →