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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fermōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *fermō (“means of living, subsistence”) + *-ōną.
Verb
*fermōną
- 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
- West Germanic: *fermōn
- Old English: feormian
- Old Frisian: fermia
- Old Saxon: formon
- Old High German: firmōn
- Old Norse: ferma
- Icelandic: ferma