Where does “gerum” come from?

gerum (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gerum (Old English): room, space

Definitions

  1. room, space

Ancestry of “gerum”, step by step

gerum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English rūm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishrūmroom, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,...
2Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
3Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “gerum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →