Where does “Ruum” come from?

Ruum (Low German) comes from Middle Low German rûm, from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ruum (Low German): space

Definitions

  1. space

Ancestry of “Ruum”, step by step

Ruum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German rûm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrûm—
2Old Saxonrūm—
3Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
4Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via Middle Low German rūm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanrūm—

Words derived from “Ruum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →