Where does “Ruhm” come from?

Ruhm (German) comes from Middle High German ruom, from Old High German ruom, from Proto-West Germanic hrōmi, from Proto-Germanic hrōmiz — fame.

Ruhm (German): fame

Definitions

  1. fame

Ancestry of “Ruhm”, step by step

Ruhm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German ruom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanruom—
2Old High Germanruomfame, glory
3Proto-West Germanichrōmifame
4Proto-Germanichrōmizfame

via Proto-Finnic rühmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicrühmägroup

Words derived from “Ruhm”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōmiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrōmi →Every word from Old High German ruom →
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