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Where does “fejst” come from?

fejst (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German fëst, from Middle High German fëst, from Latin festum, from Latin fēstus, from Proto-Italic fēstos.

fejst (Serbo-Croatian): very; intensively; tightly, strongly, firmly

Definitions

  1. very; intensively; tightly, strongly, firmly

Ancestry of “fejst”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanfëst—
2Middle High Germanfëst—
3Latinfestuma holiday, festival; a banquet, feast
4Latinfēstus—
5Proto-Italicfēstos—
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