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Where does “ruhmvoll” come from?

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

ruhmvoll (German): glorious

Definitions

  1. glorious

Ancestry of “ruhmvoll”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRuhmfame
2Middle High Germanruom—
3Old High Germanruom—
4Proto-West Germanichrōmifame
5Proto-Germanichrōmizfame
Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōmiz →