Where does “farm” come from?

farm (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic fermō, from Proto-Germanic ferhwō, from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- — oak.

farm (Old English): provision, food, supplies, provisions supplied by...

Definitions

  1. provision, food, supplies, provisions supplied by...

Ancestry of “farm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicfermōmeans of living, subsistence
2Proto-Germanicferhwōlife force, body, being
3Proto-Indo-Europeanperkʷ-oak

Words derived from “farm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European perkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ferhwō →Every word from Proto-Germanic fermō →