Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/Rūmu

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

From Proto-Germanic *Rūmō, itself from Latin Rōma (possibly through Proto-Celtic *Rūmā).

Proper noun

*Rūmu f

1. Rome

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*Rūmu
Genitive	*Rūmā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*Rūmu	—
Accusative	*Rūmā	—
Genitive	*Rūmā	—
Dative	*Rūmē	—
Instrumental	*Rūmu	—

Derived terms

• *rūmawari
• *rūmisk

Descendants

In many of these descendants, the original form was later influenced by the Latin form (and sometimes Romance languages like French), thereby the earlier ū was replaced with ō.

• Old English: Rōm, Rūm
  • Middle English: Rome
    • English: Rome
    • Scots: Roum, Rome
• Old Frisian: Rūme
• Old Saxon: Rūma
  • Middle Low German: Rōme, Rōm
    • Dutch Low Saxon: Rome
• Old Dutch: *Rōma
  • Middle Dutch: rōme
    • Dutch: Rome
      • Afrikaans: Rome
    • Limburgish: Roeme
• Old High German: Rūma, Rōma
  • Middle High German: Rōme
    • German: Rom
    • Luxembourgish: Roum
    • Yiddish: רוים (roym)