*frestą

Runic: ᚠᚱᛖᛊᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈɸres.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

an appointed time; date

Etymology

From an earlier *fres (‘forward’), abstracted from a Proto-Indo-European *pres-sto-, composed of *per- (‘forward, forth, over, beyond’) + *steh₂- (‘to stand’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.frestąfrestō
Acc.frestąfrestō
Gen.frestas, fristisfrestǫ̂
Dat.frestaifrestamaz
Inst.frestōfrestamiz
Voc.frestąfrestō

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Descendants

  • frist (Old English)
  • first (Old English)
  • fyrst (Old English)
  • ferst (Old Frisian)
    • frest, ferst (North Frisian)
  • first (Old Frisian)
    • frest, ferst (North Frisian)
  • *frist (Old High German)
    • vrist (Middle High German)
  • frest (Old Norse)
    • frestur (Icelandic)
    • frest (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    • frist (Swedish)
  • frest (Old Norse)
    • frist (Danish)
      • frist (Norwegian Bokmål)

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