Where does “rum” come from?

rum (Danish) comes from Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rum (Danish): room; compartment; space

Definitions

  1. room; compartment; space

Ancestry of “rum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúmroom; space
2Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →