פֿעסט
‘firm, solid’
פֿעסט
'firm, solid'
ETYMOLOGY
ON fastr, OE fæst, English fast, OS fast, festi, Dutch vast, OHG festi, MHG vest(e), NHG fest; from PGmc (✱fasti- and) ✱fastu- 'firm, solid'; from PIE ✱ph₂sth₂-o-, from the root ✱pH̥st- < ✱ph₂ǵ-sth₂-, a compound of ✱peh₂ǵ- 'to become firm' and ✱steh₂- 'to stand' (or from ✱pasto-'. (Kluge/Seebold have other suggestions.)
Related: Armenian hast 'firm, steady', (perhaps) Sanskrit pastyám '(permanent) residence'
WESTERN
Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)
fęst {WTCP, Budapest, Hutterer 1965: 138}