Where does “פֿאַרמערין” come from?
פֿאַרמערין (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish פֿאַרמער, from English Farmer, from Middle English fermor, from Old English feormere, from Old English feormian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn — he, she.
פֿאַרמערין (Yiddish): female farmer person who works the land or who keeps livestock
Definitions
- female farmer person who works the land or who keeps livestock
Ancestry of “פֿאַרמערין”, step by step
פֿאַרמערין traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish פֿאַרמער
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פֿאַרמער | farmer person who works the land or who keeps livestock |
| 2 | English | Farmer | the Soviet MiG 19 aircraft |
| 3 | Middle English | fermor | — |
| 4 | Old English | feormere | one who supplies with food, purveyor, grocer,... |
| 5 | Old English | feormian | to cleanse, scour, furbish; to entertain,... |
| 6 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 7 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Yiddish ־ין
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ין | Suffixed to animate nouns to create a feminine... |
| 2 | Middle High German | -in | — |
| 3 | Old High German | -inna | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -inī | Forms nouns indicating a female individual |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -én-ih₂ ~ -n̥-yéh₂- | — |