Where does “fæsthafol” come from?

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

fæsthafol (Old English): holding tightly

Definitions

  1. holding tightly

Ancestry of “fæsthafol”, step by step

fæsthafol traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English fæst

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

via Old English *hafol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English*hafoltending to have; holding
Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fast →Every word from Old English fæst →