Where does “Aufenthaltsraum” come from?

Aufenthaltsraum (German) comes from German raum, from Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Aufenthaltsraum (German): lounge, common room

Definitions

  1. lounge, common room

Ancestry of “Aufenthaltsraum”, step by step

Aufenthaltsraum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German raum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanraumwide; space
2Middle High Germanrūm
3Old High Germanrūm
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via German Aufenthalt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAufenthaltstay; residence; presence; sojourn; stop;...
2Middle High Germanūfenthaltstay
3Middle High Germanūfenthalten
4Middle High Germanūfhalten
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic rūm
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