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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/erþōfastuz

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

Alternative forms

  • *erþōfastaz[1]

Etymology

From *erþō (earth) + *fastuz (fast).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈer.θɔːˌɸɑs.tuz/

Adjective

*erþōfastuz

  1. fixed to the ground

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old English: eorþfæst, eorþfest
    • Middle English: *erthfast, *erdfast
      • Scots: erdfast, eirdfast
  • Old Frisian: erthfest
  • Old Saxon: *erthafast, *erthfast
    • Middle Low German: erdfast, ērdvast, ērtvast
  • Dutch: aardvast
  • German: erdfest
  • Old Norse: jarðfastr
    • Icelandic: jarðfastur

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*erþafastaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 85
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