Where does “tomrum” come from?

tomrum (Swedish) comes from Swedish töm, from English tom, from Middle English Thomme, from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς, from Aramaic תאומא, from Aramaic תאמא — twin, double; Gemini.

tomrum (Swedish): emptiness, void; an empty space

Definitions

  1. emptiness, void; an empty space

Ancestry of “tomrum”, step by step

tomrum traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish töm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtöma rein
2EnglishtomThe male of the domesticated cat; The male of the...
3Middle EnglishThommeTom
4Middle EnglishThomas—
5LatinThōmāsThomas the Apostle
6Ancient GreekΘωμᾶςThomas
7Aramaicתאומאtwin; Thomas
8Aramaicתאמאtwin, double; Gemini

via Swedish rum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishrumroom; part of a building; room; empty, available...
2Old Norserúmroom; space
3Proto-Germanicrūmąroom, open space
4Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Aramaic תאמא →Every word from Aramaic תאומא →Every word from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς →