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Amharic
fäṭṭänä - to be fast
(AED 2343)
Reconstruction
PES
*fṭn
- to be fast
(CDG 171; Kogan 2015: 459)
The origin of Proto-EthS *fṭn ‘to be fast’ is uncertain, but Leslau may be right to connect it with Arb. fṭn ‘to be intelligent, sagacious’ (Lane 2418).