Where does “ferma” come from?
ferma (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse ferma, from Proto-Germanic fermōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
ferma (Icelandic): to load, to lade; to confirm
Definitions
- to load, to lade; to confirm
Ancestry of “ferma”, step by step
ferma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Norse ferma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | ferma | to load, to lade |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | fermōną | to support, sustain |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |