Where does “rȳmþ” come from?

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

rȳmþ (Old English): roominess, spaciousness

Definitions

  1. roominess, spaciousness

Ancestry of “rȳmþ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrūmiþōroominess
2Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rȳmþ”

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