Where does “رم” come from?
رم (Persian) comes from Middle Persian *hram, from Parthian *hram, from Proto-Iranian θráhma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian trásma, from Proto-Indo-European trés-mn̥, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine — boundary, end.
رم (Persian): shying, taking off from fright
Definitions
- shying, taking off from fright
Ancestry of “رم”, step by step
رم traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Persian *hram
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Persian | *hram | — |
| 2 | Parthian | *hram | — |
| 3 | Proto-Iranian | θráhma | terror |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | trásma | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | trés-mn̥ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 8 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 9 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |
via English rum
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rum | A distilled spirit derived from fermented cane... |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | روم | Various other areas of the Ottoman Empire full of "Roman" (i.e. Byzantine Greek) people, particularly central Anatolia |
| 3 | Arabic | رُوم | Byzantines |
| 4 | Middle Persian | 𐭧𐭫𐭥𐭬 | Rome; Byzantine |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ῥωμανία | Byzantine Empire |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |