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

Definitions

  1. room, space

Ancestry of “rum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Low GermanRuumspace
2Middle Low Germanrûm—
3Old Saxonrūm—
4Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
5Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rum”

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