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”). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*fermō f

means of living, subsistence

Inflection

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

Derived terms

*fermōną

Descendants

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