Where does “fast” come from?

fast (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic fastī, from Proto-Germanic fastuz — fixed, firm, secure.

fast (Old Saxon): solid, firm

Definitions

  1. solid, firm

Ancestry of “fast”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West GermanicfastīAlternative form of *fast
2Proto-Germanicfastuzfixed, firm, secure

Words derived from “fast”

Every word from Proto-Germanic fastuz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fastī →