Where does “rum” come from?
rum (Lower Sorbian) comes from Low German Ruum, 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.
rum (Lower Sorbian): room, space
Ancestry of “rum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Low German | Ruum | — |
| 2 | Middle Low German | rûm | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | rūm | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |