Where does “rûm” come from?

rûm (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ancestry of “rûm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rûm”

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