Where does “Raum” come from?

Raum (German) comes 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.

Raum (German): space; capacity, volume, room; room, chamber

Definitions

  1. space; capacity, volume, room; room, chamber

Ancestry of “Raum”, step by step

Raum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German rūm

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

via Middle High German roum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanroum—
2Old High Germanroumcream
3Proto-West Germanic*raumfilm, skin
4Proto-Germanicraumazskin; film; cream
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrew-to roar, growl, grumble; to roar; growl; grumble;...

Words derived from “Raum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →