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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūm
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *rūmaz.
Adjective
*rūm
- 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
- *rūmijan
Descendants
- Old English: rūm
- Middle English: rum, roum
- Scots: roum, rowm
- English: room (adjective) (archaic)
- Middle English: rum, roum
- Old Frisian: rūm
- Saterland Frisian: ruum
- West Frisian: rom, rûm
- Old Saxon: *rūm
- Middle Low German: rūm
- ⇒ German Low German: geruum
- Middle Low German: rūm
- Old Dutch: *rūm
- Middle Dutch: ruum
- Dutch: ruim
- Afrikaans: ruim
- Dutch: ruim
- Middle Dutch: ruum
- Old High German: rūmi
- Middle High German: rūme
- German: raum (rare)
- Middle High German: rūme
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *rūmą.
Noun
*rūm n
- room, open space
Inflection
| Neuter a-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *rūm | |
| Genitive | *rūmas | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *rūm | *rūmu |
| Accusative | *rūm | *rūmu |
| Genitive | *rūmas | *rūmō |
| Dative | *rūmē | *rūmum |
| Instrumental | *rūmu | *rūmum |
Descendants
- Old English: rūm
- Middle English: roum
- English: room
- → Fiji Hindi: rum
- → Scottish Gaelic: rùm
- → Tok Pisin: rum
- Scots: rowm, roum
- English: room
- Middle English: roum
- Old Frisian: *rūm
- Saterland Frisian: Ruum
- Old Saxon: rūm
- Middle Low German: rûm
- Low German: Ruum
- German Low German: Ruum
- → Lower Sorbian: rum
- German Low German: Ruum
- Plautdietsch: Rum
- Low German: Ruum
- Middle Low German: rûm
- Old Dutch: *rūm
- Middle Dutch: ruum
- Dutch: ruim
- Afrikaans: ruim
- Dutch: ruim
- Middle Dutch: ruum
- Old High German: rūm
- Middle High German: rūm
- German: Raum
- Hunsrik: Raum
- Luxembourgish: Raum
- Volga German: Raum
- Middle High German: rūm