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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.

Adjective

*rūm

  1. roomy, spacious
Inflection
a-stem
Singular Masculine
Nominative *rūm
Genitive *rūmas
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *rūm *rūmu *rūm
Accusative *rūmanā *rūmā *rūm
Genitive *rūmas *rūmeʀā *rūmas
Dative *rūmumē *rūmeʀē *rūmumē
Instrumental *rūmu *rūmeʀu *rūmu
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative *rūmē *rūmō *rūmu
Accusative *rūmā *rūmā *rūmu
Genitive *rūmeʀō *rūmeʀō *rūmeʀō
Dative *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum
Instrumental *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum
Derived terms
Descendants
  • 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
    • Middle High German: rūme

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

Noun

*rūm n

  1. room, open space
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *rūm
Genitive *rūmas
Singular Plural
Nominative *rūm *rūmu
Accusative *rūm *rūmu
Genitive *rūmas *rūmō
Dative *rūmē *rūmum
Instrumental *rūmu *rūmum
Descendants
  • 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
  • Old High German: rūm
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