Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/fastuni

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fastunją, from Proto-Germanic *fastuz.

Noun

*fastuni n

  1. fast (a forbearing from food)

Inflection

Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *fastunj(a)
Genitive *fastunnjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *fastunj(a) *fastunnju
Accusative *fastunj(a) *fastunnju
Genitive *fastunnjas *fastunnjō
Dative *fastunnjē *fastunnjum
Instrumental *fastunnju *fastunnjum

Descendants

  • Old English: fæsten
  • Old Frisian: festene
    • Saterland Frisian: Fästen (in compounds; possibly influenced by German Fasten)
    • West Frisian: fêsten
  • Old Saxon: fastunnia f
    • Middle Low German: vastene, vasten m or f
  • Old Dutch: *fastuni
    • Middle Dutch: vastene
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