Where does “rūm” come from?

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

rūm (Old English): room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,...

Definitions

  1. room, space; roomy, spacious, ample, extensive,...

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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →