Where does “på rømmen” come from?
på rømmen (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk rømme, from Norwegian Nynorsk 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rømme | sour cream; to flee, escape, run away; to... |
| 2 | Norwegian Nynorsk | rom | rum; room; space |
| 3 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 4 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 5 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 6 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 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... |