Where does “rumen” come from?

Rumen comes from Latin rumen, derived from Proto-Indo-European sréwmn̥, itself from the root srew-, which is a variant of Proto-Indo-European ser-.

rumen (English): The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or...

Definitions

  1. The first compartment of the stomach of a cow or...

Ancestry of “rumen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrumenthroat, gullet
2Proto-Indo-Europeansréwmn̥—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
4Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “rumen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →