Where does “ruim” come from?

ruim (Dutch) comes 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 (Dutch): spacious, roomy; large, wide; ample, generous

Definitions

  1. spacious, roomy; large, wide; ample, generous

Ancestry of “ruim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchruum—
2Old Dutchrūmroomy, spacious
3Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
4Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “ruim”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →