Where does “fæsten” come from?

fæsten (Old English) comes from Old English fæst, from Proto-West Germanic fast, from Proto-Germanic fastuz — fixed, firm, secure.

fæsten (Old English): fortress, stronghold, enclosed place

Definitions

  1. fortress, stronghold, enclosed place

Ancestry of “fæsten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæstfirm, stable; constant
2Proto-West Germanicfastfixed, fast
3Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “fæsten”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fast →Every word from Old English fæst →