Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rūmu
Proto-West Germanic edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *Rūmō, itself from Latin Rōma (possibly through Proto-Celtic *Rūmā).[1]
Proper noun edit
*Rūmu f
Inflection edit
ō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *Rūmu | |
Genitive | *Rūmā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *Rūmu | — |
Accusative | *Rūmā | — |
Genitive | *Rūmā | — |
Dative | *Rūmē | — |
Instrumental | *Rūmu | — |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
In many of these descendants, the original form was later influenced by the Latin form (and sometimes Romance languages like French), thereby the earlier ū was replaced with ō.
- Old English: Rōm, Rūm
- Old Frisian: Rūme
- Old Saxon: Rūma
- Old Dutch: *Rōma
- Old High German: Rūma, Rōma