Where does “geraum” come from?

geraum (German) comes from Old English gerum, from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

geraum (German): containing much space, considerable; lasting some...

Definitions

  1. containing much space, considerable; lasting some...

Ancestry of “geraum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgerumroom, space
2Old Englishġēye
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →