Where does “rúmr” come from?

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

Ancestry of “rúmr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
2Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rúmr

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