Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/raum

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 *raumaz (“film, skin; (sour) cream”).

Noun

*raum m

film, skin
cream

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*raum
Genitive	*raumas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*raum	*raumōs
Accusative	*raum	*raumā
Genitive	*raumas	*raumō
Dative	*raumē	*raumum
Instrumental	*raumu	*raumum

Descendants

Old English: rēam
- Middle English: reme, rem
  - English: ream
  - Scots: reme, reim
  - 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, Rahm
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