Etymology Explorer › Old High German

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

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

Words derived from “rūm”

  • Lebensraum
  • lebensraum
  • Sprachraum
  • hohlraum
  • lebensräume
  • Abstellraum
  • räumlich
  • Weltraummüll
  • Maschinenraum
  • Raumangst
  • Raumanzug
  • Hubraum
  • Raumtemperatur
  • Raumlehre
  • Weltraumteleskop
  • Zeitraum
  • Raumklang
  • Mittelmeerraum
  • Raum
  • raumhoch
  • Hohlraumresonator
  • Hohlraum
  • Weltraumtechnik
  • Aufwachraum
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