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Where does “rúm” come from?

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

rúm (Old Norse): room; space

Definitions

  1. room; space

Ancestry of “rúm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “rúm”

  • ruuma
  • reformutrymme
  • mellanrum
  • Hilbertrum
  • klassrum
  • hotellrum
  • rymdfysik
  • rymd
  • rymdepos
  • badrum
  • matrum
  • lagrum
  • lagrumshänvisning
  • rymdfärja
  • utrymme
  • tomrum
  • armbågsrum
  • rumtid
  • rum
  • funktionsrum
  • tomrum
  • Hilbertrum
  • rumkapløb
  • rum
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