Where does “rūmen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rūmen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicrūmijanto make room, to clear out
2Proto-Germanicrūmijanąto make room, to clear
3Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rūmen”

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