Where does “rumnosć” come from?
rumnosć (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian rum, 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.
rumnosć (Lower Sorbian): room
Ancestry of “rumnosć”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Lower Sorbian | rum | room, space |
| 2 | Low German | Ruum | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rûm | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | rūm | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rūm | roomy, spacious; room, open space |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rūmaz | roomy, spacious, open |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | rewh₁- | free space |