Where does “Rahm” come from?

Rahm (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.

Rahm (German): cream

Definitions

  1. cream

Ancestry of “Rahm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRaumspace; capacity, volume, room; room, chamber
2Middle High Germanrūm—
3Old High Germanrūm—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →
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