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Where does “rūm” come from?

rūm (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-Germanic rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ancestry of “rūm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rūm”

  • Ruum
  • rüm
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →