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

skin; film
cream

Inflection

Declension 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