Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/rūmaz

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 Pre-Germanic *ruh₁mos, an adjectival mo-stem from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁- (“open space, land”). Related to Tocharian A räw- (“to open”), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, “open space”), Latin rūs (“country”), Old Irish róe (“field, open land”), Old Church Slavonic равьнь (ravĭnĭ, “open”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈruː.mɑz/

Adjective

*rūmaz

roomy, spacious, open

Inflection

Declension of *rūmaz (a-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*rūmaz	*rūmō	*rūmą, -atō	*rūmai	*rūmôz	*rūmō
accusative	*rūmanǭ	*rūmǭ	*rūmą, -atō	*rūmanz	*rūmōz	*rūmō
genitive	*rūmas, -is	*rūmaizōz	*rūmas, -is	*rūmaizǫ̂	*rūmaizǫ̂	*rūmaizǫ̂
dative	*rūmammai	*rūmaizōi	*rūmammai	*rūmaimaz	*rūmaimaz	*rūmaimaz
instrumental	*rūmanō	*rūmaizō	*rūmanō	*rūmaimiz	*rūmaimiz	*rūmaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*rūmô	*rūmǭ	*rūmô	*rūmaniz	*rūmōniz	*rūmōnō
accusative	*rūmanų	*rūmōnų	*rūmô	*rūmanunz	*rūmōnunz	*rūmōnō
genitive	*rūminiz	*rūmōniz	*rūminiz	*rūmanǫ̂	*rūmōnǫ̂	*rūmanǫ̂
dative	*rūmini	*rūmōni	*rūmini	*rūmammaz	*rūmōmaz	*rūmammaz
instrumental	*rūminē	*rūmōnē	*rūminē	*rūmammiz	*rūmōmiz	*rūmammiz

Related terms

*rūmą

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *rūm
- Old English: rūm
  - Middle English: rum, roum
    - Scots: roum, rowm
    - English: room (adjective) (archaic)
- Old Frisian: rūm
  - 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
  - Middle Dutch: ruum
    - Dutch: ruim
      - Afrikaans: ruim
- Old High German: rūmi
  - Middle High German: rūme
    - German: raum (rare)
Old Norse: rúmr
- Icelandic: rúmur
- Faroese: rúmur
- Norn: rum
- Old Swedish: rūmber
  - Swedish: rum (archaic)
- Danish: rum
- Norwegian: rom
Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐍃 (rums)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rūma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*rūma-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 418