Where does “rīman” come from?

rīman (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic rūmijaną, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

rīman (Old English): to count, enumerate, number; to count, number,...

Definitions

  1. to count, enumerate, number; to count, number,...

Ancestry of “rīman”, step by step

rīman traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic rūmijan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrūmijanto make room, to clear out
2Proto-Germanicrūmijanąto make room, to clear
3Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via Proto-Germanic rīmijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrīmijaną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂rey-to count, count out; to arrange
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Proto-Germanic rīmaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrīmanąto count, enumerate
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrēy-thing; possession; to regulate, count; to count,...

Words derived from “rīman”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmijaną →