Where does “rúmur” come from?

rúmur (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse rúmr, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rúmur (Icelandic): spacious

Definitions

  1. spacious

Ancestry of “rúmur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúmr—
2Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Old Norse rúmr →
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