Where does “vesteninge” come from?

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

vesteninge (Middle Low German): fortress

Definitions

  1. fortress

Ancestry of “vesteninge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanvestento fasten, to secure
2Old Saxonfastsolid, firm
3Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
4Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “vesteninge”

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