Where does “ruum” come from?

ruum (Estonian) comes from Middle Low German rûm, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

ruum (Estonian): place, location; space, room

Definitions

  1. place, location; space, room

Ancestry of “ruum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ruum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →