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Where does “rūm” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rūm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rūm”

  • luchtruim
  • ruim
  • scheepsruim
  • ruum
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