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

1. 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)