Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fermōną

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 *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”) +‎ *-ōną.

Verb

*fermōną

1. to support, sustain

Inflection

Conjugation of *fermōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fermō	*fermǭ	—	*fermōi	?
2nd singular	*fermōsi	*fermōs	*fermō	*fermōsai	*fermōsau
3rd singular	*fermōþi	*fermō	*fermōþau	*fermōþai	*fermōþau
1st dual	*fermōs	*fermōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*fermōþiz	*fermōþiz	*fermōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*fermōmaz	*fermōm	—	*fermōnþai	*fermōnþau
2nd plural	*fermōþ	*fermōþ	*fermōþ	*fermōnþai	*fermōnþau
3rd plural	*fermōnþi	*fermōn	*fermōnþau	*fermōnþai	*fermōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*fermōdǭ	*fermōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*fermōdēz	*fermōdēdīz
3rd singular	*fermōdē	*fermōdēdī
1st dual	*fermōdēdū	*fermōdēdīw
2nd dual	*fermōdēdudiz	*fermōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*fermōdēdum	*fermōdēdīm
2nd plural	*fermōdēdud	*fermōdēdīd
3rd plural	*fermōdēdun	*fermōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*fermōndz	*fermōdaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *fermōn
  • Old English: feormian
  • Old Frisian: fermia
  • Old Saxon: formon
  • Old High German: firmōn
• Old Norse: ferma
  • Icelandic: ferma