Where does “klassrum” come from?

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

klassrum (Swedish): classroom

Definitions

  1. classroom

Ancestry of “klassrum”, step by step

klassrum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish rum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrumroom; part of a building; room; empty, available...
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

via Swedish klass

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklassclass
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁-