*fermō
Runic: ᚠᛖᚱᛗᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈɸer.mɔː/noun · feminine · ō-stem
Meanings
means of living, subsistence
Etymology
Similar to Ginevra’s (2021) analysis of *ferhuz (‘body; life, being, existence; the world’), this word is likely from Proto-Indo-European root *perḱ- (‘colored; speckled’), as the nominalization of an original adjective, i.e., pre-Germanic *per-mo- < Proto-Indo-European *pérḱ-mo-s, with cluster simplification of the *-rhm-< *-rkm-cluster to *-rm-. Related to *ferhwą (‘life force, body, being’).
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | fermō | fermôz |
| Acc. | fermǭ | fermōz |
| Gen. | fermōz | fermǫ̂ |
| Dat. | fermōi | fermōmaz |
| Inst. | fermō | fermōmiz |
| Voc. | fermō | fermôz |
Descendants
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farm, fearm, feorm, fiorm, form, fyrm, færm (Old English)
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ferme, farme, ferm, fyrme, feorme, veorme (Middle English)
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farm, feorm (English)
- farm (Danish)
- farm (Dutch)
- farmi (Finnish)
- Farm (German)
- ferm (Scots)
- farm (Swedish)
- פֿאַרם (farm) (Yiddish)
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farm, feorm (English)
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ferme, farme, ferm, fyrme, feorme, veorme (Middle English)
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Fjǫrm (Old Norse)
- Fjörm (Icelandic)