Indo-European Lexicon
PIE Etymon and IE Reflexes
Below we display: a Proto-Indo-European (PIE) etymon adapted from Pokorny, with our own English gloss; our Semantic Field assignment(s) for the etymon, linked to information about the field(s); an optional Comment; and Reflexes (derived words) in various Indo-European languages, organized by family/group in west-to-east order where Germanic is split into West/North/East families and English, our language of primary emphasis, is artificially separated from West Germanic. IE Reflexes appear most often as single words with any optional letter(s) enclosed in parentheses; but alternative full spellings are separated by '/' and "principal parts" appear in a standard order (e.g. masculine, feminine, and neuter forms) separated by commas.
Reflexes are annotated with: Part-of-Speech and/or other Grammatical feature(s); a short Gloss which, especially for modern English reflexes, may be confined to the oldest sense; and some Source citation(s) with 'LRC' always understood as editor. Keys to PoS/Gram feature abbreviations and Source codes appear below the reflexes; at the end are links to the previous/next etyma [in Pokorny's alphabetic order] that have reflexes.
All reflex pages are currently under active construction; as time goes on, corrections may be made and/or more etyma & reflexes may be added.
Pokorny Etymon: pasto- 'firm, fast, solid'
Semantic Field(s): Strong, Mighty, Powerful
Indo-European Reflexes:
| Family/Language | Reflex(es) | PoS/Gram. | Gloss | Source(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English: | fæst | adj | fast | W7 |
| fæstan | vb | to fast | W7 | |
| fæste, feste | adv | fast | LRC | |
| fæstnian, festnian | vb.wk | to fasten | ASD/W7 | |
| scamfæst | adj | shamefaced | W7 | |
| Middle English: | fast | adj | fast | W7 |
| fast(n)en | vb | to fasten | W7 | |
| shamefast | adj | shamefaced | W7 | |
| English: | avast | vb.imp | stop, cease, hold fast | AHD/W7 |
| breakfast | n | first meal of day | AHD/W7 | |
| fast | adj | firm, snug, fixed, bound, secure | AHD/W7 | |
| fast | adv | firmly, in fixed manner | W7 | |
| fast | vb.intrans | to abstain from food | AHD/W7 | |
| fasten | vb | to affix, make fast | AHD/W7 | |
| Fastred | prop.n | personal name in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| Halfast | prop.n | hobbit in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| Hamfast | prop.n | hobbit name in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| handfast | n.arch | contract, covenant | AHD/W7 | |
| Holfast | prop.n | hobbit in Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings | LRC | |
| shamefaced | adj | bashful, showing modesty | AHD/W7 | |
| steadfast | adj | firmly fixed in place | AHD/W7 | |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian: | fest | adj | fast | ASD |
| festia | vb | to fast | ASD | |
| festigia | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Frisian: | fest | adj | fast | ASD |
| festgjen | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Middle Dutch: | vast | adj/adv | fast | AHD |
| Dutch: | vast | adj | fast | ASD |
| vasten | vb | to fast | ASD | |
| vesten | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Old Saxon: | fast | adj | fast | ASD |
| fest(i)an | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Old High German: | fastēn | vb | to fast | ASD |
| fasti, festi | adj | fast | ASD | |
| fastjan, festan | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| festinōn | vb | to fasten | W7 | |
| Middle High German: | vast, veste | adj | fast | ASD |
| vasten | vb | to fast | ASD | |
| vesten | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| German: | fasten | vb | to fast | ASD |
| fest | adj | fast | ASD | |
| festen, befestigen | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse: | fastr | adj | fast; hard, severe; continuous | LRC |
| Icelandic: | fasta | vb | to fast | ASD |
| festa | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Danish: | fast | adj | fast | ASD |
| faste | vb | to fast | ASD | |
| fæaste | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| Swedish: | fast | adj | fast | ASD |
| fasta | vb | to fast | ASD | |
| fästa | vb | to fasten | ASD | |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic: | fastan | vb | to fast, fasten | ASD |
| Armenian | ||||
| Armenian: | hast | adj | fast | HH/W7 |
Key to Part-of-Speech/Grammatical feature abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| adj | = | adjective |
| adv | = | adverb(ial) |
| arch | = | archaic |
| imp | = | imperative (mood) |
| intrans | = | intransitive |
| n | = | noun |
| prop | = | proper |
| vb | = | verb |
| wk | = | weak (inflection) |
Key to information Source codes (always with 'LRC' as editor):
| Code | Citation | |
|---|---|---|
| AHD | = | Calvert Watkins: The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots, 2nd ed. (2000) |
| ASD | = | Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller: An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1898) |
| HH | = | Heinrich Hübschmann: Armenische Grammatik (1897) |
| LRC | = | Linguistics Research Center, University of Texas, Austin |
| W7 | = | Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) |