Where does “festningsby” come from?

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

festningsby (Norwegian Nynorsk): a fortified town

Definitions

  1. a fortified town

Ancestry of “festningsby”, step by step

festningsby traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk festning

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskfestninga fort or fortress
2Middle Low Germanvesteningefortress
3Middle Low Germanvestento fasten, to secure
4Old Saxonfastsolid, firm
5Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
6Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

via Norwegian Nynorsk by

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskbytown, city; to command, order; to bid, offer
2Old Norsebjóðato offer; to bid, invite; to bid, order
3Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →