Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūmą

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 Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (“open space, land”). See *rūmaz for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruː.mɑ̃/

Noun

*rūmą n

room, open space

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *rūmą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*rūmą	*rūmō
vocative	*rūmą	*rūmō
accusative	*rūmą	*rūmō
genitive	rūmas, rūmis	*rūmǫ̂
dative	*rūmai	*rūmamaz
instrumental	*rūmō	*rūmamiz

Related terms

*rūmaz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rūm
- Old English: rūm
  - Middle English: roum
    - English: room
      - → Fiji Hindi: rum
      - → Scottish Gaelic: rùm
      - → Tok Pisin: rum
    - Scots: rowm, roum
- Old Frisian: *rūm
  - Saterland Frisian: Ruum
- Old Saxon: rūm
  - Middle Low German: rûm
    - Low German: Ruum
      - German Low German: Ruum
        → Lower Sorbian: rum
    - Plautdietsch: Rum
- Old Dutch: *rūm
  - Middle Dutch: ruum
    - Dutch: ruim
      - Afrikaans: ruim
- Old High German: rūm
  - Middle High German: rūm
    - German: Raum
    - Hunsrik: Raum
    - Luxembourgish: Raum
    - Volga German: Raum
Old Norse: rúm
- Icelandic: rúm
- Faroese: rúm
- Norn: rum
- Old Swedish: rūm
  - Swedish: rum
- Danish: rum
- Elfdalian: ruom
- Gutnish: räum, rum, rom
- Norwegian: rom
Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼 (rūm)

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