Where does “Raum” come from?

Raum (Volga German) comes from Middle High German rūm, from Old High German rūm, from Proto-West Germanic rūm, from Proto-Germanic rūmaz, from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- — free space.

Raum (Volga German): room; ream

Definitions

  1. room; ream

Ancestry of “Raum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanrūm—
2Old High Germanrūm—
3Proto-West Germanicrūmroomy, spacious; room, open space
4Proto-Germanicrūmazroomy, spacious, open
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrewh₁-free space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rūmaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic rūm →
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