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Where does “Ruum” come from?

Ruum (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmą, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Ruum (Saterland Frisian): room; space

Definitions

  1. room; space

Ancestry of “Ruum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisianrūm—
2Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →