Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/raumaz

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 Proto-Indo-European *réwgʰmn̥ (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *rewe-, *rū- (“to scratch, dig, scrape, take off, skim”). Possible cognate with Proto-Indo-Iranian *ráwgʰnas, whence Proto-Iranian *ráwgnah.

Noun

*raumaz m

1. skin; film
2. cream

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *raumaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*raumaz	*raumōz, *raumōs
vocative	*raum	*raumōz, *raumōs
accusative	*raumą	*raumanz
genitive	*raumas, *raumis	*raumǫ̂
dative	*raumai	*raumamaz
instrumental	*raumō	*raumamiz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *raum
  • Old English: rēam
    • Middle English: reme, rem
      • Scots: reme, reim
      • English: ream
      • Yola: reem, rhyme
  • Old Frisian: *rām
    • Saterland Frisian: Room
    • West Frisian: rjemme
  • Old Saxon: rōm
    • Middle Low German: rôm, rôme, rame
      • German Low German: Rohm
  • Old Dutch: *rōm
    • Middle Dutch: room, rôme
      • Dutch: room
        • Afrikaans: room
  • Old High German: roum
    • Middle High German: roum
      • Alemannic German: Rum
      • German: Raum, Rahm
      • Hunsrik: Raam
      • Luxembourgish: Ram
      • Volga German: Raum
• Old Norse: rjúmi
  • Faroese: rómi
  • Icelandic: rjómi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rjome
  • Swedish: råm, römme (dialectal)
  • Old Danish: rymæ
    • Danish: rømme
      • Norwegian Bokmål: rømme
        • → Norwegian Nynorsk: rømme