Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/Rūmō

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 Latin Rōma, possibly through Proto-Celtic *Rūmā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈruː.mɔː/

Proper noun

*Rūmō f

1. Rome

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *Rūmō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*Rūmō	*Rūmôz
vocative	*Rūmō	*Rūmôz
accusative	*Rūmǭ	*Rūmōz
genitive	*Rūmōz	*Rūmǫ̂
dative	*Rūmōi	*Rūmōmaz
instrumental	*Rūmō	*Rūmōmiz

Related terms

• *rūmōniz

Descendants

In many of these descendants, the original form was later influenced by the Latin form (and sometimes Romance languages like French), thereby the original ū was replaced with ō.

• Proto-West Germanic: *Rūmu
  • Old English: Rōm, Rūm
    • Middle English: Rome
      • English: Rome
      • Scots: Roum, Rome
  • Old Frisian: Rūme
  • Old Saxon: Rūma
    • Middle Low German: Rōme, Rōm
      • Dutch Low Saxon: Rome
  • Old Dutch: *Rōma
    • Middle Dutch: rōme
      • Dutch: Rome
        • Afrikaans: Rome
      • Limburgish: Roeme
  • Old High German: Rūma, Rōma
    • Middle High German: Rōme
      • German: Rom
      • Luxembourgish: Roum
      • Yiddish: רוים (roym)
• Old Norse: Rúm
  • Icelandic: Róm
  • Faroese: Róm
  • ⇒ Old Norse: Rúmaborg (+ *burgz)
    • Icelandic: Rómaborg, Rúmaborg
• Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 (rūma)
• → Proto-Slavic: *Rimъ (likely from a Germanic language)