Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rūmu
Proto-West Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *Rūmō, itself from Latin Rōma (possibly through Proto-Celtic *Rūmā).[1]
Proper noun
edit*Rūmu f
Inflection
editō-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *Rūmu | |
Genitive | *Rūmā | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *Rūmu | — |
Accusative | *Rūmā | — |
Genitive | *Rūmā | — |
Dative | *Rūmē | — |
Instrumental | *Rūmu | — |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editIn 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
References
editCategories:
- Proto-West Germanic terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Latin
- Proto-West Germanic terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Proto-West Germanic lemmas
- Proto-West Germanic proper nouns
- Proto-West Germanic feminine nouns
- gmw-pro:Cities
- Proto-West Germanic ō-stem nouns
- Proto-West Germanic singularia tantum