English
feorm-fultum
Feorm-fultum comes from Old English feormfultum ‘food-assistance’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150feormfultum‘food-assistance’
- Englishtodayfeorm-fultum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150feormfultum‘food-assistance’
- Englishtodayfeorm-fultum
A compound of feorm ‘provision’ + fultum ‘aid, assistance’
Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- ‘life, force, strength, tree’
Proto-Germanic *ferhwō ‘life force, body, being’
Proto-Germanic *fermō ‘means of living, subsistence’
Proto-West Germanic *fermu
Old English feorm ‘provision’
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
Proto-Germanic *teuhaną ‘to lead’
Proto-Germanic *taumaz ‘pull, draw’
Proto-West Germanic *taum
Old English tēam ‘team’
Old English fultum ‘aid, assistance’
Every English word from Old English feormfultum
Today it means
noun In Anglo-Saxon law, a tax for the king's sustentation as he went through his realm.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English feormfultum / feorm-fultum