Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fermō

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

Etymology

From *ferhwą (“life force, body, being”).

Noun

*fermō f

1. means of living, subsistence

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *fermō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*fermō	*fermôz
vocative	*fermō	*fermôz
accusative	*fermǭ	*fermōz
genitive	*fermōz	*fermǫ̂
dative	*fermōi	*fermōmaz
instrumental	*fermō	*fermōmiz

Descendants

• Old English: feorm, farm, færm, fearm, fyrm, fiorm
  • Middle English: ferme, farme, ferm, fyrme; feorme, veorme (in part)
    • English: farm
      • → Dutch: farm
      • → Finnish: farmi
      • → German: Farm
      • → Portuguese: farme, farma
      • → Yiddish: פֿאַרם (farm)
      • → Spanish: farmear
      • → Thai: ฟาร์ม (faam)
    • Scots: ferm
    • → Welsh: fferm
  • → Medieval Latin: firma (see there for further descendants)
• Old Norse: Fjǫrm
  • Icelandic: Fjörm