Where does “rúmföt” come from?

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

rúmföt (Icelandic): bedsheets

Definitions

  1. bedsheets

Ancestry of “rúmföt”, step by step

rúmföt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Icelandic rúm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicrúmroom, space; space; bed
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via Icelandic föt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicfötclothes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmą →Every word from Old Norse rúm →