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Where does “rum” come from?

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

rum (Swedish): room; part of a building; room; empty, available...

Definitions

  1. room; part of a building; room; empty, available...

Ancestry of “rum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norserúmroom; space
2Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space

Words derived from “rum”

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