Where does “ruoma” come from?

ruoma (Dalmatian) comes from Vulgar Latin rama, from Latin rāmus, from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo-, from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds — root.

ruoma (Dalmatian): branch, twig

Definitions

  1. branch, twig

Ancestry of “ruoma”, step by step

ruoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vulgar Latin rama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinrama—
2Latinrāmus—
3Proto-Italic*wrād-mo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwréh₂dsroot

via Finnish Rooma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishRooma—
2Late LatinRōma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wréh₂ds →Every word from Proto-Italic *wrād-mo- →Every word from Latin rāmus →