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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.
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH- (“to tear open”). See *rūmaz for more.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
*rūmą n
- room, open space
Inflection
Declension of *rūmą (neuter a-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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*rūmą
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*rūmō
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| vocative
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*rūmą
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*rūmō
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| accusative
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*rūmą
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*rūmō
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| genitive
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*rūmas, *rūmis
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*rūmǫ̂
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| dative
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*rūmai
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*rūmamaz
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| instrumental
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*rūmō
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*rūmamiz
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Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *rūm n
- Old English: rūm m or n
- Middle English: roum, rom, roume, rum
- → Cornish: roum
- English: room (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: rowm, roum
- Old Frisian: *rūm
- Saterland Frisian: Ruum m
- Old Saxon: rūm
- Middle Low German: rûm
- Low German: Ruum m
- German Low German: Ruum m
- → Lower Sorbian: rum m inan
- Plautdietsch: Rum
- Old Dutch: *rūm
- Old High German: rūm
- Old Norse: rúm n
- Icelandic: rúm (“bed”)
- Faroese: rúm
- Norn: rum
- Old Swedish: rūm
- Danish: rum
- Elfdalian: ruom
- Gutnish: räum, rum, rom
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: rom
- Norwegian Nynorsk: rom
- Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼 n (rūm)
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*rūma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418: “*rūma-”