Where does “ruim” come from?

ruim (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch ruim, from Middle Dutch ruum, from Old Dutch rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

ruim (Afrikaans): spacious, roomy, large

Definitions

  1. spacious, roomy, large

Ancestry of “ruim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchruimspacious, roomy; large, wide; ample, generous
2Middle Dutchruum—
3Old Dutchrūmroomy, spacious
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →