Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūm

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology 1

    From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.

    Adjective

    *rūm

    1. roomy, spacious
    Inflection
    a-stem
    Singular Masculine
    Nominative *rūm
    Genitive *rūmas
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *rūm *rūmu *rūm
    Accusative *rūmanā *rūmā *rūm
    Genitive *rūmas *rūmeʀā *rūmas
    Dative *rūmumē *rūmeʀē *rūmumē
    Instrumental *rūmu *rūmeʀu *rūmu
    Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative *rūmē *rūmō *rūmu
    Accusative *rūmā *rūmā *rūmu
    Genitive *rūmeʀō *rūmeʀō *rūmeʀō
    Dative *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum
    Instrumental *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum *rūmēm, *rūmum
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • Old English: rūm
      • Middle English: rum, roum
        • Scots: roum, rowm
        • English: room (adjective) (archaic)
    • Old Frisian: rūm
      • North Frisian: rüm
      • Saterland Frisian: ruum
      • West Frisian: rom, rûm
    • Old Saxon: *rūm
      • Middle Low German: rūm
        • German Low German: ruum
        • German Low German: geruum
    • Old Dutch: *rūm
    • Old High German: rūmi
      • Middle High German: rūme

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Germanic *rūmą.

      Noun

      *rūm n

      1. room, open space
      Inflection
      Neuter a-stem
      Singular
      Nominative *rūm(a)
      Genitive *rūmas
      Singular Plural
      Nominative *rūm(a) *rūmu
      Accusative *rūm(a) *rūmu
      Genitive *rūmas *rūmō
      Dative *rūmē *rūmum
      Instrumental *rūmu *rūmum
      Descendants
      • 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
        • Middle High German: rūm