Where does “landfæsten” come from?

landfæsten (Old English) comes from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

landfæsten (Old English): a fortified place on land

Definitions

  1. a fortified place on land

Ancestry of “landfæsten”, step by step

landfæsten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
2Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
3Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins

via Old English fæsten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishfæstenfortress, stronghold, enclosed place
2Old Englishfæstfirm, stable; constant
3Proto-West Germanicfastfixed, fast
4Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic landą →Every word from Proto-West Germanic land →