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 *ferhwō (“life force, body, being”).

Noun

*fermō f

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
    - → German: Farm
    - → Portuguese: farme, farma
    - → Yiddish: פֿאַרם‎ (farm)
  - Scots: ferm
  - → Welsh: fferm
- → Medieval Latin: firma (see there for further descendants)

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