Where does “ruum” come from?

ruum (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ancestry of “ruum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchrūmroomy, spacious
2Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
3Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “ruum

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁-Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmazEvery word from Proto-West Germanic rūm