Where does “ruom” come from?

ruom (Middle High German) comes from Old High German ruom, from Proto-West Germanic hrōmi, from Proto-Germanic hrōmiz — fame.

Ancestry of “ruom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanruomfame, glory
2Proto-West Germanichrōmifame
3Proto-Germanichrōmizfame

Words derived from “ruom”

Every word from Proto-Germanic hrōmiz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hrōmi →Every word from Old High German ruom →