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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūmaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Pre-Germanic *ruh₁mos, an adjectival mo-stem from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (open space, land). Related to Latin rūs (country).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈruː.mɑz/

Adjective

*rūmaz

  1. roomy, spacious, open

Inflection


Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *rūm
    • Old English: rūm
      • Middle English: rum, roum
        • Scots: roum, rowm
        • English: room (adjective) (archaic)
    • Old Frisian: rūm
      • Saterland Frisian: ruum
      • West Frisian: rom, rûm
    • Old Saxon: *rūm
      • Middle Low German: rūm
        • German Low German: ruum
        • German Low German: geruum
    • Old Dutch: *rūm
    • Old High German: rūmi
  • Old Norse: rúmr
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums)

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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