Where does “rum” come from?
rum (Irish) comes from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
rum (Irish): room; space
Definitions
- room; space
Ancestry of “rum”, step by step
rum traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English rum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 3 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Old English rūm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | rūm | room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |
via Old Norse rúm
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | rúm | room; space |