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Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English ferme (“rent, revenue”), from Anglo-Norman ferme (“rent, lease, farm”), from Medieval Latin firma, from Old English feorm (“provisions”), from Proto-Germanic *fermō (“subsistence”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwō, *ferhuz (“life force”), from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“strength, tree”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fferm f (plural ffermydd, not mutable)
- farm
Derived terms
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “fferm”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies