Where does “feorm” come from?

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

feorm (Old English): food, sustenance, provision; meal, feast,...

Definitions

  1. food, sustenance, provision; meal, feast,...

Ancestry of “feorm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “feorm”

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