*raumaz

Runic: ᚱᚨᚢᛗᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈrɑu̯.mɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

skin; film
milkfat, cream

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 (‘butter, oil’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	raumaz	raumōz, raumōs
Acc.	raumą	raumanz
Gen.	raumas, raumis	raumǫ̂
Dat.	raumai	raumamaz
Inst.	raumō	raumamiz
Voc.	raum	raumōz, raumōs

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Descendants

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

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