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): wide; space

Definitions

  1. wide; space

Ancestry of “raum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “raum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →