Where does “rūm” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rūm”, step by step

rūm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic rūm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
2Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via Proto-Germanic *rūm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*rūm—

Words derived from “rūm”

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