Where does “rúm” come from?

rúm (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse rúm, from Proto-Germanic rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rúm (Icelandic): room, space; space; bed

Definitions

  1. room, space; space; bed

Ancestry of “rúm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúmroom; space
2Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rúm”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmą →Every word from Old Norse rúm →