Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fastāną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *fastuz (“firm”) +‎ *-āną.

Verb

*fastāną

1. to observe, hold firm to
2. to fast, to abstain from food and/or drink

Inflection

Conjugation of *fastāną (weak class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fastō	?	—	?	?
2nd singular	*fastaisi	?	*fastai	*fastāsai	?
3rd singular	*fastaiþi	?	*fastāþau	*fastāþai	?
1st dual	*fastōs	?	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fastāþiz	?	*fastāþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fastāmaz	?	—	*fastānþai	?
2nd plural	*fastaiþ	?	*fastaiþ	*fastānþai	?
3rd plural	*fastānþi	?	*fastānþau	*fastānþai	?
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fastadǭ	*fastadēdį̄
2nd singular	*fastadēz	*fastadēdīz
3rd singular	*fastadē	*fastadēdī
1st dual	*fastadēdū	*fastadēdīw
2nd dual	*fastadēdudiz	*fastadēdīdiz
1st plural	*fastadēdum	*fastadēdīm
2nd plural	*fastadēdud	*fastadēdīd
3rd plural	*fastadēdun	*fastadēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fastāndz	*fastadaz

Derived terms

• *fastubniją

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fastēn
  • Old English: festia
  • Old Saxon: *fastōn
    • Middle Low German: fasten, vasten
      • German Low German: fasten
  • Old Dutch: *faston
    • Middle Dutch: vasten
      • Dutch: vasten
  • Old High German: fastēn
    • Middle High German: vasten
      • Cimbrian: bastan
      • German: fasten
      • Luxembourgish: faaschten
      • Yiddish: פֿאַסטן (fastn)
• Old Norse: fasta
  • Icelandic: fasta
  • Faroese: fasta
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fasta
  • Old Swedish: fasta
    • Swedish: fasta
  • Danish: faste
    • Norwegian Bokmål: faste
• Gothic: 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (fastān)