fast

noun. shaggy hair

fast

noun. shaggy hair

A noun in The Etymologies of the 1930s glossed “shaggy hair” derived from ON. phasta under the root ᴹ√PHAS (Ety/PHAS).

Cognates

• ᴹQ. fasse “tangled hair, shaggy lock” ✧ Ety/PHAS

Derivations

• On. phasta “shaggy hair” ✧ Ety/PHAS
  • ᴹ√PHAS “*tangle, shag, fringe” ✧ Ety/PHAS

Element in

• ᴺS. fastui “shaggy, hairy, hirsute”
• S. Ulfast
• N. Ulfast ✧ Ety/PHAS

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
On. phasta > fast	[ɸasta] > [fasta] > [fast]	✧ Ety/PHAS

lhaws

noun. hair ringlet

taew

noun. holder, socket, hasp, clasp, staple

tanc

adjective. firm

tanc

adjective. firm, firm; [ᴱN.] steady, steadfast; [G.] settled

Cognates

• ᴹQ. tanka “firm, fixed, sure, firm, fixed, sure, [ᴱQ.] fast; steady, (stead)fast” ✧ Ety/TAK

Derivations

• ᴹ√TAK “fix, make fast, make” ✧ Ety/TAK

Element in

• N. Marthanc “Hamfast”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
ᴹ√TAK > tanc	[taŋka] > [taŋkʰa] > [taŋxa] > [taŋx] > [taŋk]	✧ Ety/TAK

thand

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

thann

adjective. firm, true, abiding

Misreading thenid, thenin rectified according to VT/46:16

findel

noun. (braided) hair

finnel

noun. (braided) hair

tangada-

verb. to make firm, confirm, establish