Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/rūmiþu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From *rūm (“roomy”) +‎ *-iþu.

Noun

*rūmiþu f

roominess, space[1]

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*rūmiþu
Genitive	*rūmiþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*rūmiþu	*rūmiþō
Accusative	*rūmiþā	*rūmiþā
Genitive	*rūmiþā	*rūmiþō
Dative	*rūmiþē	*rūmiþōm
Instrumental	*rūmiþu	*rūmiþōm

Descendants

Old English: rȳmþ
- Middle English: rymthe, rymth
  - English: roomth (remodelled after room)
  - >? Middle Scots: rind
Old Frisian: *rūmithe, *rūmethe
- West Frisian: romte, rûmte
Old Dutch: *rūmitha
- Middle Dutch: ruumte, rūmede
  - Dutch: rumede
Old Saxon: *rūmitha
- Middle Low German: rǖmte
  - Low German: Rüümte
    - → German: Räumte (calque)
  - → Swedish: rymd
  - → Norwegian: rymd, römd, römn (dialectal)

References

“† rimth, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

[1] “† rimth, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.