Where does “på rømmen” come from?
på rømmen (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål rømme, from Norwegian Bokmål rom, from English rum, from Ottoman Turkish روم, from Arabic رُوم, from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬, from Ancient Greek Ῥωμανία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Ancestry of “på rømmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | rømme | sour cream; to flee, escape, run away; to... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | rom | rum; room; space |
| 3 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | — |
| 5 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | — |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |