vasten.
to fast
Meaning & usage
to fast
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch vasten, from Old Dutch *faston, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną.
fast (period of time when one abstains from or eats very little food)
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch vastene f, from Old Dutch *fastunna, from Proto-Germanic *fastubniją, *fastubnijō, from *fastāną (“to fast”). Cognate with Old Saxon fastunnia, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌽𐌹 (fastubni).
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